We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

When I signed up for BFC, then-coach Ashley Westwood wanted me to play on the left as an attacking midfielder. I was not sure initially but I believed in his vision. For the first six-seven games, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was like a headless chicken. But he kept backing me.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

Here in America, we don’t let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other’s strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it’s never been each person for themselves. No, we’re all in this together. We always have been.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I’m about being the best.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

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

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

The reward of suffering is experience.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

If you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions – for the fun of it – then one day you’ll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one!

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

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

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Success is not a stop sign.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn’t know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn’t even smell like smoke.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.