Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

If you try and work out at 4:30 in the afternoon, how many people are going to chip away at that time? Your boss, your job, your work, your family, your other obligations that you might have. At 4:30 in the morning, all those people are asleep, so you can do whatever you want.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, ‚Gaga, you know, everything’s great. You’re a singer; your dreams have come true.‘ But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you’re growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they’re true.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

The best way out is always through.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

He who is brave is free.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

I only want my work to make people happy.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

I always say that women should wear whatever makes them feel good about themselves. That’s what I always try to do.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Before all else, be armed.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.