Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

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

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

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

I’m much healthier now.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Only you can control your future.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

I’m not afraid to make mistakes.

People want to feel hopeful.

The time is always right to do what is right.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

I teach children to be winners.

The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

In my next incarnation, I want to be a writer.

I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.

Read a record number of books in a given month. If you’re focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

Music is really driving my whole life.

The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don’t like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they’re 95 percent dead wood.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‚Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.‘

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

I knew ‚Crenshaw‘ had elevated me and distinguished me.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

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

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.