I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Life is wasted on the living.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got, how huge Dre got, how huge Pac got. I was always aware.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn’t feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It’s a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

When I’m 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I’ll be like: ‚Cool, I’ll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.‘

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

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

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

I love life because what more is there?

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

I don’t write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Success is the child of audacity.

You don’t know when you’re being watched. That’s one of the weird things about celebrity. It’s my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.

I like gaps; all my stories have gaps. It seems this is the way people’s lives present themselves.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‚Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.

I never felt settled or calm. You can’t really commit to life when you feel that.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.