Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

If it’s going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

I’m an all-or-nothing kind of guy, I guess.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

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

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn’t make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past.

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‚If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?‘ And whenever the answer has been ‚No‘ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

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.

Sometimes I’m a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it’s good to have both.

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

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.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

People who think too much before they act don’t act too much.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.