It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

I love women with attitude.

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

I don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

We based the look on rock ‚n roll right from the beginning.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it’s liberating, and it’s empowering when you feel like, ‚Well, I can do that, too.‘

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

There’s no formula.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

When I heard ‚Jesus, Take the Wheel,‘ I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you’re a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.

So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

‚Two Voices,‘ from my album with Peter Schwalm, is an intact dream-poem. I awoke one night with an image of a piece of paper and all the words of the poem written on it, so I just blundered down to the kitchen table and ‚copied it out.‘

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

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.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?