Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
Confidence is not, ‘They will like me’. Confidence instead is, ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people – they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.
All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Being confident is the key to life. Don’t be afraid to be you! I’m super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I’m OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.
Believe in yourself and believe in your dreams. Follow them, never give up, that’s the most important thing. If you believe you can get there, then one day you will.
As long as I’m enjoying swimming, I will keep swimming.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.
There’s so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we’re going to get through it. Just be strong.
If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
Like what you do, and then you will do your best.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there… Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.
The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God’s plan seems like it doesn’t make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
At the end of the day, everything you chase will run.
To have faith doesn’t mean you get any less frustrated when you don’t do your best, but you know that it’s not life and death. Take what you’re given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going.
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.
Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.
I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.
