It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

I’ve never had a divorce, but I’ve seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can’t write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I’m able to kind of express it, or their joy.

There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn’t mean we have to wash each other’s feet every day, but we must help one another.

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can’t ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment’s notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow – that’s vulnerability.

Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Music is this divine thing, the closest that we can get to something divine. It’s like this instinct we all own, and some of us have found a way to hear that music and write it down and share it with people.

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.

In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.

I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.

Freedom lies in being bold.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

We’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won’t let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, ‚Here I am. This is me.‘ I feel there’s something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

I’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

I personally have always been in favor of people who are gay being permitted to marry legally – and I still feel that way.

I look after people.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Humanity I love you because when you’re hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

It’s rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that you have another income stream that can support you.

I go through a lot of depression, and I know other people do, too, but I have an outlet that so many people don’t. If you have that inside of you and can’t get it out, what do you do?

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

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.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

I’ve been blessed in that regard through and through. So I’m just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Courage is grace under pressure.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don’t have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.