Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

Fun is good.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

Don’t despair, not even over the fact that you don’t despair.

It’s important that we invest in America – literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can’t let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

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.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

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

Hope is a waking dream.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Enemies are so stimulating.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.

I had no bad moment in my relationship with Dortmund. Not one second.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it’d take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn’t want to retreat.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

Desire is the very essence of man.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

Success has always been a great liar.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.