Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Music is really driving my whole life.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.

In every parting there is an image of death.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

All those who believe in psychokinesis – raise my hand.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

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

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

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.

We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we’re atheist.

Fight with a happy heart.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

I didn’t want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field.

My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.