Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

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

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

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

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Believe me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

I’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

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

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

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.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

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.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

That’s something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

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.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?

I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.