Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

The fact is that since you’re a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you’re here on earth. It’s all perfect… and so are you!

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don’t really know me at all.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

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

It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

Remember that life’s big changes rarely give advance warning.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

It doesn’t matter who you are – if you dream big and if you work really hard, you can achieve unimaginable results, and that’s really good for the nation.

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.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

Through my films I’m eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don’t know if I’m ever going to get there, but I’m slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I’m 85, I’ll look back and say, ‚All right, that about sums it up.‘

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

It’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‚Sign.‘

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

If I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

I just feel so much more comfortable and confident every game I play.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.