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

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

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.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

We’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

You can’t put your feet on the ground until you’ve touched the sky.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don’t really give a toss whether they’re playing or not because they’re getting paid anyway.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Of course, I do everything for money.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

I have retired, but if there’s anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

There are folks who now know black families – like the Johnsons on ‚Black-ish‘ or the folks on ‚Modern Family.‘ They become part of who you are. You share their pains. You understand their fears. They make you laugh, and they change how you see the world.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.

When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

Success is not a stop sign.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.