Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can’t become athletes. We’re watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can’t let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn’t even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.

Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I’ve seen the profound impact he’s had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds.

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Live to learn, and you will really learn to live.

Everyone I look up to is bringing me into the tech world. You’d be surprised by all the music people in it, invested in it.

If a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

When you listen to Ray Charles, there’s never any doubt whose voice that is.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

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

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.