I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

Freedom lies in being bold.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They’re giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

I’m a can-do girl.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what’s mine.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

At one point, I didn’t care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible.

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again – as I always am when I write.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

If it doesn’t work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

All of us are mentors. You’re mentors right here and now. And one of the things I’ve always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as ‚the little wife.‘ You don’t know what it was like then! I’d never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you’re hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.