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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.

I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

When I get in the car I love my wife and kids more than anything, but I'm not thinking about that side of things. I'm thinking about the car, I'm thinking about the race and I'm thinking about how to make the car faster.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.

At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.