A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

I will be unhappy if I know I have not accomplished something I should have done that was possible.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don’t know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they’re always up for playing.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.

Honestly, I always believed in myself. For real, for real.

In my house I’m the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it’d be awesome to work with him. He’s really kind, and he’s been really encouraging when we’ve met.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night – and I’d dream about it being me.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.

To be loved is very demoralizing.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you’re going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

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

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

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

Fight with a happy heart.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

The ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

How do I know about a man’s needs for a sex symbol? I’m a girl.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.

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

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

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

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!