Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

I don’t think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He’s given you… but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things… he’s not a small God; this God is incredible.

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.

Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

I always wanted a family.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

You either make dust or eat dust.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

God’s desire is that we excel.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

If I could have worked from the time I was born until I was 18 and never had to work again, I would have done it.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

I’ve done many ads because that’s my new career. It’s an inspiring extension for my mind.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

I came to New York to be a fine artist – that was my ambition.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

From caring comes courage.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

Don’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It’s the same with me and writing.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

I always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

But when I hear a great song, I can’t help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

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.

As a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly!

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

I’m not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

I’m a can-do girl.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

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

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Sometimes I’ve called writing a disease. If so, I’m glad that it caught me.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.