If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

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.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it’s all great positivity – I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you’re trying to do. And I’ve seen artists get caught up in that.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

Writing is like a ‚lust,‘ or like ‚scratching when you itch.‘ Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool – it is not a usual.

We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means.

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

Didn’t get promoted? Good. More time to get better.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.

I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn’t something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing – it’s just an expression of me.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.