I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

A child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people are good, some are not, and you can’t be naive.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

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.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Just because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Some people are very good at being ‚stars‘ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

I owe my solitude to other people.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

Joanne‘ is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

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

Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

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.

It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.

I was bullied as a boy – lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they’ve played on, coaches they’ve played for.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

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

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

I worked my face off.

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It’s crazy. I’ve made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.