Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

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

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

What is common sense isn’t common practice.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

I think music is something that can, and should, be used to get you into different things because eventually what goes up must come down – we’re not going to be the number one group in the world forever – so you have to have something else to fall back on.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you’re under reproach, your behavior shows it.

One must steer, not talk.

When you play sports like tennis, you’re alone, and that’s a good school for life, but it’s also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too – helping others in difficult moments.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I’ve been in the league, every year that I go through and deal with the scratches, the bumps and bruises, just the grind that it is to go through one NBA season.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‚If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?‘ And whenever the answer has been ‚No‘ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

In all seriousness, people think that it’s the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words – that’s how long a novel is.