In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

Never mistake motion for action.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

You can be happy where you are.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Life’s a bit like mountaineering – never look down.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

I’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

No pressure, no diamonds.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don’t move fast, but I just keep moving.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

I am a grafter.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

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

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

I could never identify with that word, ‚weak.‘

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

Before finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.

To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.

Competition is a sin.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.