I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

What is true belongs to me!

It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that’s fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that’s fine. And it might not be right, because I’m the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It’s the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

The most challenging project I’ve ever done, I think, is every single thing I’ve ever tried to do. It’s never easy.

Choose people who lift you up.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

I haven’t changed at all. I’m the same as when I was 11.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

I kinda live where I find myself.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria – when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don’t have time to be depressed anymore.

Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

Have you ever asked yourselves what you are going to do when you grow up? In all likelihood you will get married, and before you know where you are, you will be mothers and fathers; and you will then be tied to a job, or to the kitchen, in which you will gradually wither away. Is that all that your life is going to be?

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

I love being busy.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

You should never give up your inner self.

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.