Bob Nelson Quotes

When people lay around whining to their therapists and ex-wives that they're finally going to 'change' themselves, they are promising something imaginary and made up.

I've never been a bad person and always had quite good morals. There's always been a side of me that's been quite proper, but it's got distracted here and there. Now I'm the person I should be.

You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

I’m going to change this frivolous attitude I’ve had towards womanizing.

I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

Resolutions are a wonderful thing if we can keep them, but many resolutions go by the wayside because we have not done anything different with our mindset.

I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit.

I'm not as snarky as I used to be.

I see bad stuff on the street all the time that I don't do anything about. I do bad stuff myself all the time. The goal is not to somehow be perfect - that's silly, that's naive. The goal is to just recognize there are choices in front of us, and to try to make better ones.