Before all else, be armed.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

You are not a problem that needs solving.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England – you couldn’t have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

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.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

Applause waits on success.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

I dwell in possibility.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.

I never say I am a guru.

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.