I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

I’m not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior – I mean, that’s part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don’t have anything to hide, and I’m not concerned with what people think.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

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

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

I’ve never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn’t feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you’ve got to work as hard as them.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

I can’t say this enough – the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you’re stronger, you think more quickly.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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.

I will not be triumphed over.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

I can never say ‚why‘ about anything I do. I suppose I can say ‚how‘ and ‚when‘ and ‚what.‘ But ‚why‘ is impenetrable to me.

After the first day of practice, there’s not one guy who’s playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it just hurts.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.