No pressure, no diamonds.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration, and ‚Off the Wall‘ was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Pessimism never won any battle.

In ‚Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education‘ and ‚Why A Students Work for C Students,‘ I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

Of course, ‚I Will Always Love You‘ is the biggest song so far in my career. I’m famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

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.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

My mother and my father have been married 50 years, and he’s just started to understand that something’s wrong with the system. He accepted the whole thing, you see. Yet this industrious kind of engagement didn’t bring him the success, according to American terms, that he wanted. I was probably affected by this very much. In fact, I know I was.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it’s a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.

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

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

You are victors, not victims!

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

To make headway, improve your head.

When I’m up there, and I know the show’s coming to a close, in my head I’m saying to myself, Oh man, you gotta get off and be a normal person again. That’s what I don’t like so much.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

‚The Lion‘ all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, ‚Let’s try to make a story about it.‘

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Think and grow rich.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

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

Action expresses priorities.

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