A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

How I love David Bowie.

So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

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.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Never, never, never give up.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin – find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

One often makes music to supplement one’s world.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best – make it all up – but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

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.

Americans never quit.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.