I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

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.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

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

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

Without failure there is no achievement.

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.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Our work is never over.

I used to consider the listener. But now I’m in a space where, if I’m not inspired, I can’t really do the music. I can’t feel it.

Action expresses priorities.

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

God’s Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

I have the ’77 Million Paintings‘ running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I’ll look up from what I’m doing and I think, ‚God, I’ve never seen anything like that before!‘ And that’s a real thrill.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.

The ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.