Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.

No great thing is created suddenly.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games – nothing like saving the world.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

I love my friends and my past, and it’s made me who I am.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

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.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

I was always interested – I mean, it’s kind of part of your job – I was always interested in the camera.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

There’s nothing hippie about my picture of Christ. The Gospels paint a picture of a very demanding, sometimes divisive love, but love it is.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

The fame isn’t important to me. It’s a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

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

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

If music be the food of love, play on.

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

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

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.

The ‚morality of compromise‘ sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don’t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

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

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

We are not actually equal – humanity – if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

I am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics, I don’t care about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.