All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I’m like, ‚C’mon, Tiger!‘

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Well done is better than well said.

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don’t cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That’s going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don’t notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

A family shares hardships and a connected history.

I felt like, for so many years – and I still even feel it – as a girl, you can’t really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I’m in public, at Dollywood. People say, ‚How many wigs do you have?‘ And I say, ‚Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.‘

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

If I’m not in love, if I’m not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

I don’t notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

Part of me feels you can’t say you were truly in love if it didn’t last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that’s when I’ll know it’s real – because it lasted.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Our inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God’s eternal plan, families can be together forever.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

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

As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it’s a success.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Obviously black matches with everything.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

I always wear the kind of stuff that makes you overheat and die.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

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

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

My grandpa was a preacher.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

When I am putting looks together, I dare myself to make something work. I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that’s a little off, but I have to figure it out. I have to make it me. I think that’s the thrill in fashion.

When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don’t talk about baseball at home.