My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

I don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it’s a vibe.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

I only act from my heart.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

I would get out of school and go straight to my computer to create beats.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

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

Hope is a waking dream.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.

You can’t die with an unfinished book.

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. It’s an expression.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

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

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I’ve always worked hard.