To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
Napoleon BonaparteI am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.
Conor McGregorI’ve always written. There’s a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother’s papers were destroyed. I’d written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then.
Maya AngelouI don’t really know that much about love, it turns out.
Taylor SwiftWhen I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.
Haruki MurakamiI always entertain the notion that I’m wrong, or that I’ll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.
Anthony BourdainMillions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.
Marilyn MonroeWhen someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Maya AngelouDaring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.
Brene BrownMy father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.
Adam SandlerYou live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Douglas AdamsI want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.
Joel OsteenThe more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.
Joyce MeyerI just want to be myself.
Jim CarreyPeople don’t usually compliment your character.
Taylor SwiftI hate to be smart.
Paulo CoelhoI learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
George Bernard ShawI’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.
Steve JobsWhat you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
B. C. ForbesI try to be the same person I was yesterday.
Colin PowellI wish they would only take me as I am.
Vincent Van GoghSmall aim is a crime.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamPeople have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location.
Alice WalkerI have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘
Joe BidenI’m perpetually lonely.
Lady GagaRealize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
Eckhart TolleWe rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
Albert CamusAdopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.
Jordan PetersonAction expresses priorities.
Mahatma GandhiSo when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.
Steve JobsMan only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
Fyodor DostoevskyI love designing at the moment, I’m so happy with my work.
Vivienne WestwoodThe strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
Tennessee WilliamsPeople say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
George BestThe truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed.
Joyce MeyerForgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
Joyce MeyerI have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.
Ray BradburyI remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.
Jocko WillinkI fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.
Charles SpurgeonIf you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.
Jim RohnThe more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.
Conor McGregorSuffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EpictetusOur words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.
Joyce MeyerSexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.
Angelina JolieIt’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
Taylor SwiftThinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.
Eckhart TolleWealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Benjamin FranklinPlenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Joseph AddisonWatch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
George S. PattonUnderstand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
Napoleon HillI have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
Albert CamusI think that, whatever happens, I’m just happy I’ve written those songs and I’ve made an album. That’s really big for me, and I’m proud of that.
AuroraBeware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
George Bernard ShawWhen we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Helen KellerGetting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?
Joyce MeyerTo be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‚Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.‘
Ariana GrandeTo avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Elbert HubbardI’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.
RihannaWe have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.
James Baldwin