You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

By its birth, and for all time, Christianity is pledged to the Cross and dominated by the sign of the Cross. It cannot remain its own self except by identifying itself ever more intensely with the essence of the Cross.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn’t quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

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

Before all else, be armed.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Small aim is a crime.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

Where love is, there God is also.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren’t random.

Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

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.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn’t make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

The less you know, the more you believe.