“So long as you “have” yourself, have yourself as an object, your experience of man is only as of a thing among things.”

“Love means to look at yourself
The way one looks at distant things
For you are only one thing among many.”

“Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable. Kolo?"
-Brandon Sanderson
(Elantris)”

“You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.”

“A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.”

“Never allow yourself be controlled by three things: People, money and your past experiences.”

“I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.”

“You have to learn to pace yourself.
Pressure.
You're just like everybody else.
Pressure.
You've only had to run so far,
So good.
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face.
And you'll have to deal with
Pressure.”

“When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.”

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”