Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?

The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

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

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

If I wished to do something, even if I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn’t do well at all.

A mission statement is not something you write overnight… But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

I can resist everything except temptation.

For me, education was power.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it’s just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.

One of the best mental disciplines for people to implement is simply putting together a schedule or a task list and actually executing it. Write the list or the schedule the night before, and then do what you said you would do. Life becomes much better when you do that.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!