Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

I’m not really book-smart.

Before all else, be armed.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I say, ‚Oh, I forgot that bit,‘ then close the book and carry on. Finally, after you’ve figured out how to do it, you read how they did it and find out how dumb your solution is and how much more clever and efficient theirs is!

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.

Better is the enemy of good.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it’s possible. It’s not easy, but it’s possible.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us – more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Never confuse motion with action.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

There’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

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

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we’re young, we don’t understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it’s a blessing to have that support at home.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Music is really driving my whole life.