I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I’m not saying I’m the best, but we the best.

‚Your Erroneous Zones’ was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

I’m not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they’ll have, immediately the floor will rise.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of ‚em and I could deliver with the best of ‚em.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Don’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

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.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

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.

We talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we’re moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

Small aim is a crime.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

We identify in our experience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.

I was a grade B housewife, maybe a B minus. But when I got time to write, I would be unable to finish a sentence. I had anxiety attacks. Partly it was a way of personifying the situation because I couldn’t breathe. I was surrounded by people and by duties. I was a housewife and the children’s mother, and I was judged on how I performed those roles.

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

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

If you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

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

If you wish to be a writer, write.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

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

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.