Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

That’s all I could ever hope for, to have a positive effect on women. ‚Cos women are powerful, powerful beings. But they’re also the most doubtful beings. They’ll never know – we’ll never know – how powerful we are.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

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

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn’t poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

When I’m writing a record, I kind of don’t listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

People want you to fail.

When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

No man was ever wise by chance.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.