Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.

Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists.

Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable!

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

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

‚Trilogy‘ was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn’t left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that’s probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that’s what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

There are many things that I don’t understand.

If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

On the whole, we think of our consumers – other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it’s better to have it clearer than confusing.

I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.

Overall there’s going to be things I’m not great at.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.