“One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.”

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended – to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.

Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.

To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.

Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.

When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.

That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.

I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.

Basic would never have surfaced because there was always a language better than Basic for that purpose.

At the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.

A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.

I guess if people all followed the basic principles of their own religions, they would love everybody instead of hating half the world.

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

And playing them really sloppy. Keeping it very basic-and using only a few notes-and playing slowly with perfect rhythm is a task in itself.