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

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"

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

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

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 have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words to heighten the patness of the image, and so making of it a conceit rather than a metaphor, a fault copiously illustrated in the poetry of Cowley, Waller, Donne, and others of that ilk.

Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America - as many as 10 million children. And it does nothing to make their lives more stable and secure to attack their families, to attack their parents to prevent us from marrying each other.

Chard and kale are my favorite these days.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

Football is big business - you can't get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.

Don't let idiots ruin your day.

Education prepares to be one piece of a machine.

I just find P.J. Harvey so mesmerising to watch because she remains unfathomable. She is the kind of woman who makes you rue the day you weren't born her. She always seems to be the cat that walks alone, and you don't feel you are supposed to know her.

Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins are definitely among my top five actresses whose work I aspire to.

I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C.

It is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal.

Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young.

When youre gone the pieces of my heart are missing you. When youre gone the face I came to know is missing too. When youre gone the words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it okay. I miss you.

When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Almost everyone shuts down when science becomes too technical; you've got to infuse it with entertainment and storytelling to make it effective. From high school on, science is taught in a very dry manner, which isn't as potent.

In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.

At 21, Real Madrid or Barcelona would have been more difficult for me. If I play well enough at Chelsea, I could win my place in the starting team, and my priority is to play.

I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.

All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll.

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.

There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.