For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

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

From the time that ‚Nevermind‘ came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don’t know what’s goin‘ on, I then got the money, and gone.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

Truth cannot be brought down; rather, the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountaintop to the valley. If you would attain to the mountaintop, you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.

I never expected any sort of success with ‚Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

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.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

I can’t deny that label-support gave me a leg up – though not every successful artist needs it.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

Fame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

Affluence means influence.

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.