The only shame is to have none.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

I’m one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I’m out of control with it.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

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.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

I say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.

Better is the enemy of good.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

I don’t consider myself to be that credulous.

It doesn’t take much to make me angry.

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That’s part of being a public figure.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

They know enough who know how to learn.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

What one has to do usually can be done.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

I wasn’t that great a chef, and I don’t think I’m that great a writer.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

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

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

I can’t ever remember sitting around and saying, ‚gosh let’s hurry up and get these debates going, that’ll win it for me.‘ Nope.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.

Get mad, then get over it.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

I never expected to be anybody important.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America’s really large shadow and that’s not all that bad.