I don’t get up, get dressed, go out, and think, ‚Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.‘

The middle class is so funny, it’s the class I know best, and it’s the class where you find the most pretension, so that’s what makes the middle classes so funny.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in – that we do it to God, to Christ, and that’s why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

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

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

I only want my work to make people happy.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

I do not, in fact, use many puns. Certainly there are far fewer than people believe. But I suspect the ones I do occasionally use tend to hang around in people’s memories for a while.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

All those who believe in psychokinesis – raise my hand.

It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don’t be discouraged… just be willing to change.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

It’s a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can’t stop playing the game the way you’ve always played it.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.

I often look ridiculous in Japan. There’s really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending the Japanese horribly. Every gesture, every movement is just so atrociously wrong, and the more I try, the more hilarious it is.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.

I’ve felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father’s family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.