Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

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

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

What is once well done is done forever.

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

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

Did you know there’s a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy – running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything – is the same as wasting your time? It’s frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

You have to be someone.

I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

It wasn’t so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it’s just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.