A person who is truly authentic doesn’t need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him – or herself.
Robert GreenePeople respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
Joel OsteenI’m always attracted to people who interest me. They’ve got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They’re interested in people.
Vivienne WestwoodNew knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Kurt VonnegutI don’t follow all the 48 laws. Like, I’ve never crushed anyone totally.
Robert GreeneI’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.
David BowieThere’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.
William ShakespeareCheck your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
Dwayne JohnsonAt the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao TzuWe all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.
Dale CarnegieI found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as ‚the little wife.‘ You don’t know what it was like then! I’d never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.
Alice MunroA lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.
Stephen KingAs an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
Dwayne JohnsonAny man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
Marcus Tullius CiceroYou’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
Joel OsteenWe believe that every single child has boundless promise, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how much money their parents have. We’ve got to remember that. We believe that each of these young people is a vital part of the great American story.
Michelle ObamaThe greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!
Robert KiyosakiI like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest HemingwayI never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.
H. L. MenckenHuman kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. RooseveltI have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo da VinciEverything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.
Wayne DyerSuccess is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. PattonBut for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.
Kanye WestNo one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheUnder the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.
Noam ChomskyLife is a lively process of becoming.
Douglas MacArthurI discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.
Ray BradburyI don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.
Gordon RamsayMy view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamMan, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
John SteinbeckI used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it’s funny. And it’s not funny. It’s not.
Joe BidenI’m not happy all the time, and I wouldn’t want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.
Dolly PartonThe ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
Wayne DyerSuppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
Isaac AsimovThe Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.
Joseph AddisonObserve all men, thyself most.
Benjamin FranklinWe did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster – closed and forgotten within the first year.
Walt DisneyBefore all else, be armed.
Niccolo MachiavelliMy goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.
Dwayne JohnsonThe reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.
David GogginsI guess I’m living in the present more than the past.
Clint EastwoodThere will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.
Charles BukowskiPeople won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen HawkingPeople who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
Wayne DyerIt is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
Emily DickinsonGetting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?
Joyce MeyerMy only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.
Muhammad AliKeep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
Kanye WestA Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-PowellYour vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl JungIn crises the most daring course is often safest.
Henry KissingerPeople want to feel hopeful.
Michelle ObamaMen occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Winston ChurchillI think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.
Angelina JolieNo man is hurt but by himself.
DiogenesI don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.
Jurgen KloppI’m a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I’m not going to get any taller.
Kevin HartWhen I was a child, there’s one thing I said: ‚I never want to be alone.‘ That’s what I would say. I don’t want to be alone.
Elon Musk