Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.

No pressure, no diamonds.

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers.

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.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

We have one planet in our solar system that’s habitable, and that’s the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.

I dwell in possibility.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don’t believe too much into inspiration, only I’m waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It’s a little too easy to say that.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.

And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God’s language – it’s better, it’s finer, it’s language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

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

Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I’m fortunate; I can be heard. Regrettably, it’s amazing how people listen if you stand up in public and give away $1 million for research into the disease, as I have done.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I went to see ‚Phantom of the Opera‘ with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music… Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time – the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

A home without books is a body without soul.

You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of ‚then‘ and ‚maybe,‘ but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

Why does your mind conform? Have you ever asked? Are you aware that you are conforming to a pattern? It doesn’t matter what that pattern is, whether you have established a pattern for yourself or it has been established for you.

When I was 8 years old, I saw ‚Raiders of the Lost Ark‘ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

I used to consider the listener. But now I’m in a space where, if I’m not inspired, I can’t really do the music. I can’t feel it.

As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I’d eventually run out of steam on that, and that would’ve been the end of it.