Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

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

If a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.

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

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Dream and you shall become.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‚always do what you are afraid to do.‘

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

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

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

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.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

I’m always attracted to people who interest me. They’ve got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They’re interested in people.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

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

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.

Energy begets energy.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

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.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I’m not saying I’m the best, but we the best.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.