People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

Love is the language of life and all others are transient epi-phenomena. Like a fish, we are swimming in the ocean of love. We are so busy seeking love that we don’t realize we are swimming in love.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it matters little if 146 of us are burned to death.

When you get above the line, you're above the line. So my thing is I just want to make music where I am always above that line.

It's dishonourable to stay stupider than you need to be

Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.

Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable.

I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music achieves to want to waste too much time turning good music into a joke.

Don't read anything except what destroys the insulation between yourself and your experience.

As far as art and filmmaking is concerned, I don't see there's any separation; it's just one continuous thing.