You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

There are a lot of people who don’t know me and what I am all about.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

If you’re waiting for the perfect moment, you’ll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There’s nothing foolproof.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

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

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

It’s not an easy course. It’s not designed to be. We’re not here to get you in touch with your inner child.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Everybody has a purpose.

What you are comes to you.

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Success has always been a great liar.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

I can express myself.

I am fearless.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

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

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.