I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it’s with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can’t ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment’s notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow – that’s vulnerability.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue – it’s personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the neighborhood where I grew up went to college. But thanks to a lot of hard work and plenty of financial aid, I had the opportunity to attend some of the finest universities in this country.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

I really love training and being in good shape, and it’s so much a part of my life now, so it never really feels like work to me.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

I don’t intend to stop making music.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

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

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

I’m all about peace. I’m all about unity. I’m all about love.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

It’s very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it’s not really about if every sound is correct; it’s more the energy – if it hits you in some way, it doesn’t really matter to me if it’s not perfect. I’m still very excited while hunting for songs.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I’m a big perfectionist! I’m trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.