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

All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don’t invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don’t invest in them, we lose.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving.

I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist, but I don’t like girls pretending to be stupid because it’s easier.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

What someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

Glam really did plant seeds for a new identity. I think a lot of kids needed that – that sense of reinvention. Kids learned that however crazy you may think it is, there is a place for what you want to do and who you want to be.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father’s head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

I like money, but it’s never been about the money.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I’m the first of so many talented people in this area to make it out. I take great pride to represent where I come from and I am able to show my fans, and everyone who listens and watches me, that anything is possible.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J’aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

There are a lot of good women in New York.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

What’s right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do some thing about them.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.