My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.
Narendra ModiIt is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Winston ChurchillIn two decades I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
Erma BombeckPower over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Eckhart TolleThere’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
Matthew McConaugheyWhat’s coming will come and we’ll just have to meet it when it does.
J. K. RowlingAnxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles SpurgeonThe greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
Brian TracyIf at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.
Steven WrightI made my fair share of mistakes.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerKeeping score is for games, not friendships.
John C. MaxwellI am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
Lady GagaPeace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.
Joyce MeyerThere are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it’s extremely hard to block anything – extremely hard. You’ll never get perfect blocking.
Bill GatesI am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
Oscar WildeWork out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
BuddhaMarriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.
Marilyn MonroeFar better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore RooseveltMost of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale CarnegieThe greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William JamesFor me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.
Madeleine AlbrightWhen 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.
DJ KhaledThere is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
Ernest HemingwayI’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.
Jane GoodallNothing on ‚Relapse‘ and very little on ‚Recovery‘ was produced by me.
EminemIf thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaStrength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma GandhiMaturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
Jim RohnYour work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. 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.
Steve JobsHe who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao TzuWhen a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
Corrie Ten BoomNone of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction – they’re always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
Lady GagaMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
EpictetusI’ve always had a problem with the average macho man – they’ve always been a threat to me.
Kurt CobainI struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‚This is what I asked for.‘
J. ColeBeing second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
Ayrton SennaOne mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinOne cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
Jack LondonPeople need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
Emily DickinsonDon’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.
Eckhart TolleIt took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
Barack ObamaShe never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.
Ruth Bader GinsburgWhatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAs 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.
Bob MarleyMarriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
Leonardo da VinciTrue glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
Marcus Tullius CiceroDo not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan ThomasI’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else.
Conor McGregorThe highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Elbert HubbardAnyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
James BaldwinIf you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions – for the fun of it – then one day you’ll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one!
Richard P. FeynmanI learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.
Angelina JolieYou can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven’t quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.
Kendrick LamarI think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.
Nipsey HussleI’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 DyerIf you look at space companies, they’ve failed either because they’ve had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.
Elon MuskI’m not a good storm-outer… because I forget stuff.
Kevin HartThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleSelf-belief and hard work will always earn you success.
Virat KohliI was raised to be independent.
Abby Lee Miller