Playing Etta James in the movie ‚Cadillac Records‘ really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It’s no fun being safe.
Beyonce KnowlesI am happy and I’m single.
RihannaFear is exciting for me.
Ayrton SennaWhatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
Mahatma GandhiA wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel JohnsonEvery man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaIf four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThe beginning is the most important part of the work.
PlatoHe shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
VoltaireWe should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamFor novelists or musicians, if they really want to create something, they need to go downstairs and find a passage to get into the second basement. What I want to do is go down there, but still stay sane.
Haruki MurakamiReality leaves a lot to the imagination.
John LennonI don’t know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.
Bob MarleyIt doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Brian TracyI never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad AliI’m not looking to freak people out – eating rodents or bugs. I don’t do that anymore.
Anthony BourdainHealth is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao TzuGod made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
Joel OsteenI didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.
Kurt CobainIf you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.
Jocko WillinkVoyagers 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.
James BaldwinWhy regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you’ve ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It’s a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.
Robert GreeneIt was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
Ho Chi MinhI was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
Lady GagaThe more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.
Joyce MeyerI woke up one day and thought: ‚I want to write a book about the history of my body.‘ I could justify talking about my mother because it was in her body that my body began.
Paul AusterOnly stupid people are changed by success.
Jurgen KloppIt’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.
Joyce MeyerYou see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamNo man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Napoleon HillWhenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.
Maya AngelouMost of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
Paulo CoelhoNo one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
BuddhaI’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.
Robert KiyosakiI’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.
Kendrick LamarWe are twice armed if we fight with faith.
PlatoYour vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl JungFor me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamYou were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.
Joel OsteenA man of courage is also full of faith.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao TzuYou have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham LincolnThere is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.
Brene BrownWhere sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
Benjamin FranklinIt doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.
Bad BunnyHuman beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
William JamesHe that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Benjamin FranklinIf you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Bruce LeeNow, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
Matthew McConaugheyGreat dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThe greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas CarlyleI modelled my looks on the town tramp.
Dolly PartonI’m a genetic optimist.
Jeff BezosI began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you’d quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.
Haruki MurakamiI am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.
Ayrton SennaI may be no better, but at least I am different.
Jean-Jacques RousseauDo not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
Vincent Van GoghOne that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
EpictetusA 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.
Marilyn MonroeI remember being in Japan when Destiny’s Child put out ‚Independent Women,‘ and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.
Beyonce Knowles