I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant – the digitalis of failure.

We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That’s why we have the gift of faith.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

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.

See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They’re taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn’t I?

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you’re going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Isn’t it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

I’m not going to stop having problems.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

People want to feel hopeful.

In my career as a director, there’s always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: ‚What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?‘ At that time you have to say: ‚OK, forget that and just go ahead.‘

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

What’s right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do some thing about them.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

There’s hope for everyone. That’s what makes the world go round.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.

We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I still think I am the greatest.

It’s a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.