“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.”

I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.

The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.

Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.

Many a false step was made by standing still.

Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.

It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.

Reality is negotiable.

It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

I’m always described as ‘cocksure’ or ‘with a swagger,’ and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own.

You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots.

Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.