I went through a lot of battles in high school.

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.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get some of that stuff out.

My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I’m working on the foundation.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

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

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Never take anything for granted.

I feel that I’ve done what I wanted to do, and that makes me feel fairly content.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.

It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

I never hold a grudge.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Only the shallow know themselves.

I hate to be smart.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

I didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

Delhi means everything to me. This city has given me everything, and I love it.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.

I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

When it comes to everybody else’s thing and their lane and their timing, I’m never doing anything intentional to, like, come after somebody. That will always be my biggest mistake or anybody’s biggest mistake if that’s their intention.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.