The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go… if it’s not a part of your God-given destiny.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

The same thing I did in 2013 is what I’m trying to do in 2014, which is continue to improve, continue to shock people. You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I’ll have another hour of stand-up material where I’ll be able to go on the road and tour again.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

It is only a man’s own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else’s meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.

I didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

There’s not some idea I’m going to create a work that’s going to change everybody’s consciousness.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

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.

When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.

Enemies are so stimulating.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn’t as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

I don’t regret anything.

Every movie I make teaches me something. That’s why I keep making them.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

If a man’s character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.

I never do anything that I don’t want to do.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you’re hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.

The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosopher’s or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself, and that is why you must know yourself – Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self.

I didn’t want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn’t like it. I always wanted to do other things.

I don’t want followers.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

Joanne‘ is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

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

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.

I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

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.‘

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it’s funny. And it’s not funny. It’s not.