You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‚always do what you are afraid to do.‘

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

The world around me has changed, and I have learned to adapt but not change. But I’m changing into the woman I am meant to be.

I 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.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

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.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.

Thoughts are fine when you don’t confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history… this is what makes you strong. It’s not looking out that’s going to do that – it’s looking in.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You’re suddenly somebody’s wife. And you’re like, ‚Oh, I’m half of a couple now. I’ve lost me.‘

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

I never hold a grudge.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

I’m the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that’s horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

For me, education was power.

If you’ve got a plan, it’s not just like a pipe dream. You have a step-by-step list of things to do to get to your goal.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‚I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.‘

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

My freshman and sophomore years in high school, I spent a lot of time trying to get back on the right track. I was arrested multiple times by the time I was 16, so I had a little harder time trying to adjust like a lot of us do in high school.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.