Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I have no trouble sleeping.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Passions are the gales of life.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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.‘

Folks, you’re the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

I put cocoa butter all over my face and my iconic belly and my arms and legs. Why live rough? Live smooth.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Aim for the highest.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

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

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don’t retire before I go senile, then I’ll do more damage than good at that point.

It usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

I’m honored that everybody’s inspired off my inspiration.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I think it’s so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

The best way out is always through.

If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

I believe the destiny of your generation – and your nation – is a rendezvous with excellence.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

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.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.