Freedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

See, winners embrace hard work.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.

There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.

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

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

The good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words ‚Ich bin ein Berliner!‘

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

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

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

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

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.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

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

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: ‚This is my country.‘

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

If you’re in this business and you are scared, then you better do something else.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.