The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history… this is what makes you strong. It’s not looking out that’s going to do that – it’s looking in.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

I’ve never been one to sit back and go, ‚I’d better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don’t want to lose them.‘

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn’t always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn’t mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

I’m not really book-smart.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.

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.

I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that’s fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that’s fine. And it might not be right, because I’m the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It’s the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.

I don’t have all the answers.

Once you start doing only what you’ve already proven you can do, you’re on the road to death.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

I don’t have emotional needs, only physical ones.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

It’s not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do – everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I’m proud of.

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

What we think, we become.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

The best is the enemy of the good.