Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.
Self-help is the best help
When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.
Use your imaginations, and use your empathy. If you don't do that, you're limiting yourself as an artist, and you're hurting the world.
Love yourself. Then find something to love beyond yourself.
In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.
The lead character in 'Adaptation' is pretty much me but with more talent. Every time I watch 'Adaptation,' I feel very emotional because it makes me be kinder to myself and see the human situation a little more clearly.
If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.
When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.
Especially around Valentine's Day, it's easy to find advice about sustaining a successful marriage, with suggestions for 'date nights' and romantic dinners for two. But as we spend more and more of our lives outside marriage, it's equally important to cultivate the skills of successful singlehood.
Everyone has changed, haven't they? Everyone tries to get better; everyone tries to grow.
I believe the highest aspiration of man should be individual freedom and the development of the individual.
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity.
As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.
You must change your life.
This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.
because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
I have therapy. Every day. I read a bit of Freud; I try to be a better person. Every day.
I have observed that people make strategic plans for brands, businesses, and companies, but they are not always strategic about themselves.
I want to take chances. I want to kind of step out of my comfort zone, whatever that may be.
