I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

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

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

I don’t have any stress. I’m very lucky. I live a very healthy life.

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

When it all got taken away, I was becoming a young man. So I had to sacrifice to leave my family… Sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25, $50 hotels.

I believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.

A family shares hardships and a connected history.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

Success is not a stop sign.

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.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

You can’t put your feet on the ground until you’ve touched the sky.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Before all else, be armed.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

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

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

I like to work and am a focused person.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

My freshman and sophomore years in high school, I spent a lot of time trying to get back on the right track. I was arrested multiple times by the time I was 16, so I had a little harder time trying to adjust like a lot of us do in high school.

We talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we’re moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion.

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.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

What we think, we become.