Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

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

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

If you’re waiting for the perfect moment, you’ll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There’s nothing foolproof.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

Example is leadership.

You fail only if you stop writing.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

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

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

I teach children to be winners.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

You get to a point where it’s like you can’t really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

I was brought up to believe that the worst thing you could do was ‚call attention to yourself,‘ or ‚think you were smart.‘ My mother was an exception to this rule and was punished by the early onset of Parkinson’s disease.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

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.

I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

It’s very hard to live with yourself if you don’t stick with your moral code.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

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

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn’t the right one.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.