I believe that every person is born with talent.

If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

What we think, we become.

Learn to think continentally.

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

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

I have goals.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.

I am fearless.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

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

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

You don’t want to pigeonhole yourself.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

I always had faith in my creative capacity.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

Every man is his own hell.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

I still think I am the greatest.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

If you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

I knew that I was ‚interesting‘ at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‚That person I see is a savage monster;‘ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.