Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we’re also starting to be really brave.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

I have dual citizenship; it just so happens I live in America. I would like to go back to Wales. I’m obsessed with my childhood, and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

I was raised by strong women, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can’t wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember – there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

I don’t get up, get dressed, go out, and think, ‚Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.‘

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Never complain. Never explain.