It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

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

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

My music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

Good luck has its storms.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

God’s desire is that we excel.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

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

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point – a cactus, not a cushion.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

Desire is the essence of a man.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.