Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

When I say something’s going to happen, it’s going to happen.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

Though she be but little, she is fierce.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

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

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.

The earth laughs in flowers.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

If you’re waiting for the perfect moment, you’ll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There’s nothing foolproof.

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I’ve had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.

I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.

If a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Always do whatever’s next.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

I remember flying in, driving down 101 in a cab, and passing by all these tech companies like Yahoo! I remember thinking, ‚Maybe someday we’ll build a company. This probably isn’t it, but one day we will.‘

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

For me to talk with Obama and the conversation I had with him, I was letting him know that me and my fans have a special connection, and it’s love, and I believe that love is the answer.

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.