When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

The future will be better tomorrow.

You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that’s left for you or to make one of your own.

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

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?

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.

I’ve felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father’s family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Before all else, be armed.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

I came up from a difficult background.

I’m afraid to fail again.

To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

I’m honored that everybody’s inspired off my inspiration.

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Choose people who lift you up.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we’re young, we don’t understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it’s a blessing to have that support at home.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next.

Things don’t have to change the world to be important.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

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

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life – I don’t mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.