I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

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

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

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

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

You should treat a muse like a fairy.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

One often makes music to supplement one’s world.

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

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. And that is my mistake.

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn’t eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

No sooner said than done – so acts your man of worth.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

In my next incarnation, I want to be a writer.

A home without books is a body without soul.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you’re going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

Young people can create beautiful things.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

I think maybe people see bands and musicians as some sort of superhero unrealistic sport that happens in another dimension where it’s not real people and not real emotions. So, I grew up listening to Beatles records on my floor. That’s how I learned how to play guitar. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be a musician.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.