I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

I do believe in self-help.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

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.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

I don’t think the ebbs and flows – get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape – is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

I explain the law of compensation like this: ‚Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

That’s when you know you’re the greatest: when you’re the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.