My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

I’ve always wanted a baby.

That’s one of the biggest things. Never being home, always traveling, having different interests and focusing on different things, just the time aspect of going back home and seeing them, you don’t have that at all. It was a big sacrifice but, at the end of the day, it was worth it.

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

When your mother asks, ‚Do you want a piece of advice?‘ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!

John D. Rockefeller apparently became more of a tightwad the richer he got. I don’t know if it is true, but one story I read was about one of his sons having to wear his older sister’s clothes in order to save money.

I didn’t have a father figure in the house.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

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

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

Choose people who lift you up.

I’m afraid to fail again.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

I’ve always been very happy. I’ve always been easy going and I’ve always been very encouraging; it’s just my personality.

From my earliest childhood, my attention was specially directed to the subject of acoustics, and specially to the subject of speech, and I was urged by my father to study everything relating to these subjects, as they would have an important bearing upon what was to be my professional work.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it all just hurts.

If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won’t do it.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

I love being a dad. I just love it.

OVOXO will always be there.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

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.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I’d listen to Italian music.

When I’m writing, I don’t feel neurotic. So it’s better for the family if I’m working.

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

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It’s for children and families. Not for people like me.

I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.