Everything is generated through your own will power.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

In order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can.

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

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

I do believe in self-help.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

I give opinions, not advice.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

I don’t think I am evangelical in my work.

I have goals.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely. You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‚Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?‘ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.

I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

‚Happiness‘ is a pointless goal.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

We talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we’re moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.

It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles – the oppression of tyranny – to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.

I’ve always felt heroic about my life… As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn’t think that was the case at all. My parents didn’t treat me as a girl.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

God helps those who help themselves.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.