Có thể nhìn nhận cả sở trường và sở đoản của bản thân, không phủ nhận những nhược điểm của mình, tìm cách phát huy hết phẩm chất con người mình là điều thật đáng quý

Yêu chính bản thân mình là bắt đầu cho cuộc sống lãng mạn

Việc đánh giá bản thân ở mức thích hợp là điều rất quan trọng, nó giúp ta hài lòng với cuộc sống của mình

Chỉ có phương pháp hoặc hành động là thất bại - đừng tự đánh giá thấp bản thân và dằn vặt quá mức

Khi so sánh mình với người khác, hãy nhìn vào sự "khác biệt" thay vì "khoảng cách"

Đừng cố lấp liếm khuyết điểm, đôi khi chúng giúp chúng ta thực sự dễ dàng được mọi người chấp thuận

Những người cứng nhắc, hay bắt ép bản thân thường yếu đuối trước thất bại, luôn phủ định bản thân

Hãy quyết chiến với chính mình trong quá khứ!

Cảm thấy hạnh phúc với sự trưởng thành (từ vấp ngã) - còn quan trọng hơn thành tựu của đời người 

Điều quan trọng là chúng ta phải cảm thấy ta đang trưởng thành (nếu ta thực sự đang trưởng thành mà không cảm nhận được điều ấy, thì cũng không thể thoả mãn được nhu cầu của bản thân). Hãy ghi lại 3 điều mà mình học được mỗi ngày

Con người có 3 loại nhu cầu: nhu cầu tồn tại, nhu cầu quan hệ và nhu cầu trưởng thành

I really want women to appreciate their power. It was obvious to me that lots of people are comfortable with power, and they see what it can do, but women's expression of it was never as comprehensive as it could be. It seemed like an amazing gift that Oxygen could give.

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage.

I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.

These guys are just flying through the air and I'm capturing them in the split second and putting it into a work of art, via clay to the bronze.

I have a better head of hair than Rick Perry; it's just not in a place I can show you.

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark.

When you broaden the little box that you've been living in for so long, it can be very uncomfortable at first.

At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences.

You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinion of a sheep.

See, I don't really go after girls. Most of the girlfriends I've had have come after me. So it's really funny when girls get offended because I don't hit on them.

Look at Baltimore back in 2000. They had an outstanding defense. They could run the ball, and they had a quarterback that didn't turn it over that much. I think that is a plan that can bring you great success.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

You should give no indication that we wish the three-way division of Bosnia.

Not one foot will I fly, so long as breath bides within my breast; for, by Him that shaped both sea and land, this day shall end my battles or my life. I will die King of England.

Forgiveness works directly on the emotion of anger (and related constructs such as resentment, hostility, or hatred) by diminishing its intensity or level within the mind and heart.

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.

Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding.

A niece grows more precious as time goes by.

You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

Every Comic-Con, they have some sort of 'Dr. Horrible' panel. It's very cool!

I think maybe my attention span is too long to tweet.

El Capitan is the most chapping environment in the world: windy, cold, super dry. I wake up twice a night and reapply lotion to my hands. We sand our fingertips to keep them smooth.