Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

The ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you’d rather be in.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.

You don’t have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don’t need any special equipment – that’s the beauty of it.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Even as a child, Muhammad Ali got perverse pleasure out of being different. He liked the attention it got him, but most of all he just liked being himself: odd and independent.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

For novelists or musicians, if they really want to create something, they need to go downstairs and find a passage to get into the second basement. What I want to do is go down there, but still stay sane.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

The good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

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

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it’s my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.

Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn’t be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.

God’s Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

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

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.