The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.

The doer alone learneth.

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.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

If you try and work out at 4:30 in the afternoon, how many people are going to chip away at that time? Your boss, your job, your work, your family, your other obligations that you might have. At 4:30 in the morning, all those people are asleep, so you can do whatever you want.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

It is always your next move.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

I’m a can-do girl.

The colonel replied that he didn’t care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

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

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Losing is tough.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

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

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.

An unused life is an early death.

Success has always been a great liar.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

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

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.