Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

One of the best ways to see tree flowers is to climb one of the tallest trees and to get into close, tingling touch with them, and then look broad.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‚Jackie, are you scared?‘ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

Always do whatever’s next.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

There’s so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it’s reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She’s been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

I’m not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I’m living on.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

Music has the power to inspire the world.

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

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I’d written? Yes. There’s many of them!

I’ve been here before and will come again, but I’m not going this trip through.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

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.

The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

All art is but imitation of nature.

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish – people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people – and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community.

I love the song ‚I Hope You Dance‘ by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate the tree; you do not copy it exactly as it is, which would be mere photography. To be free to paint a tree or a flower or a sunset, you have to feel what it conveys to you: the significance, the meaning of it.

I’m someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Children always turn to the light.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

Perhaps one day I will go into space.

I don’t go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it’s contrived and forced. I just live my life, and I see things in a word or a situation or a concept, and it will create a joke for me.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.