Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that’s what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer – he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

There’s no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

If you write in the same way over and over again, like, in the same place with the same techniques and with the same people, you’re sort of writing the same song over and over again.

We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.

Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn’t be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.

I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation’s braggart lords.

I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg – I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.

I used to live with my grandmother. I used to wonder why the other kids in school went home with their mothers and fathers. I wanted to be the guy that got married. I wanted to be the guy with the children and the white picket fence. I never had that.

The influence of ‚Hidden Fortress‘ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

The way to know life is to love many things.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Passions are the gales of life.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.

An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it’s their path, it’s what excites them, it’s what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Bhai was my hero and he had immense influence on me.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution – this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

I would like to go back to Wales. I’m obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince – for the vocals, anyway.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn’t been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that’s really worthwhile.

What inspires me about rap is that it’s written in an almost poetic way. I just think it’s so cool.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.