I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let’s get that going.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

‚Pure experience‘ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I was raised on, ‚You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.‘

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

In order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the dish, it savours the meat. Difficulties are the salt of life.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

We spend our lives, all of us, waiting for the great day, the great battle, or the deed of power. But that external consummation is not given to many: nor is it necessary. So long as our being is tensed, directed with passion, towards that which is the spirit of all things, then that spirit will emerge from our own hidden, nameless effort.

If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

Life is our dictionary.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren’t random.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Those who have been writing literature have not been writing life.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Let the path be open to talent.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.