If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
Abraham MaslowAgainst the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
Mark TwainCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark TwainIf you deserve it, go get it.
Conor McGregorGenius is patience.
Isaac NewtonI knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.
Dwayne JohnsonI don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.
Terry PratchettI can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
Richard M. NixonA person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Mark TwainTruth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.
Albert CamusI stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.
Kevin HartThe greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!
Robert KiyosakiYou’ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
Joe BidenI 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.
Gordon RamsayPeople are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
PlatoWe may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya AngelouThe man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.
Martin LutherWe must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
Jimmy CarterThere are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.
Angelina JolieGod hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis BaconSuccess is not a stop sign.
Robert KiyosakiHow you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Lou HoltzI always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. RockefellerI do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.
Adam SandlerDidn’t get promoted? Good. More time to get better.
Jocko WillinkWhen you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
Ronald ReaganWhat I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.
Lady GagaThe best way out is always through.
Robert FrostRemember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
Audrey HepburnIf I inspire you, pay for it, period.
Nipsey HussleIn two decades I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
Erma BombeckLife is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.
Pope FrancisI am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret ThatcherBut if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know. There’s no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
Karl LagerfeldOnce you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.
John F. KennedyCry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.
Abby Lee MillerWhat lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Henry David ThoreauThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleI’ve never had a divorce, but I’ve seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can’t write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I’m able to kind of express it, or their joy.
Dolly PartonWe were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.
Frank OceanAnyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.
Jurgen KloppWhen life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Eleanor RooseveltI know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash… If anything, that’s all giving me power.
Kanye WestSome people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
Virginia WoolfAvoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
Colin PowellIt isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad AliThere are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.
Joyce MeyerI don’t want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.
Kevin HartI’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.
Wayne DyerSeventy percent of success in life is showing up.
Woody AllenBaseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
Jackie RobinsonThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.
George Bernard ShawThere are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.
Lando NorrisIt is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson MandelaFamily and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
John C. MaxwellMy mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.
Alice MunroThey say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‚first chapters‘. I have indeed written many.
J. R. R. TolkienWe’re close friends – the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There’s absolutely no daylight – none – between us and the Israelis on the question of Israel’s security.
Joe BidenI’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Maya AngelouI went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.
Nipsey Hussle