“You better live every day like it's your last day, 'cause one day you're gonna be right.”— Ray Charles, esquire.com
“A lot of young actors have the idea that, ‘I’ve got to do this right. There’s a right way to do this.’ But there’s no right or wrong. There’s only good and bad. And ‘bad’ usually happens when you’re trying too hard to do it right. There’s a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The mos…”— Robert De Niro, forbes.com
“I think people sometimes don’t pay enough attention to what they do. I’ve done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I’ve worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.”— Justin Timberlake, forbes.com
“Your pillow talk is filled with Q&As, and you're still learning a ton about each other. He may already know what makes you happy, but he also continues to ask in-depth questions about you all the time—from your passions and dreams to your childhood.”— Jen Kirsch, womenshealthmag.com
“Hey, awards show speech givers, none of us can see the countdown clock, mentioning it means nothing to us, it's like talking about a dream.”— Mindy Kaling, twitter.com
“Well, I want to write’, and I wrote the book and what is the worst than can happen? It gets turned down by every publisher in Britain, big deal.”— J.K Rowling, telegraph.co.uk
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”— J.K Rowling, harvardmagazine.com
“If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“The problem is that most other people in your life will not share your dream. They will doubt your objectives because they don’t feel the same burning sensation you’re experiencing deep within.”— Matthew Kepnes, thoughtcatalog.com
“People said, "Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.”— Jane Goodall, humoropedia.com
“It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“When girls know more about themselves and their goals, they know at the start what they are looking for in a guy. They understand the road to attaining their goals and how to find someone who supports their passions and dreams for the future.”— Lucy E., futurefemaleleader.com
“Comparing your personal standards with other people’s standards is a dangerous game. Remember that most people have very low standards and expectations of themselves, and that is why most people live a mediocre existence. Comparing yourself with the way they live their life; with their standards; wi…”— Adam Sicinski, blog.iqmatrix.com
“You know what happened to Oprah at 23? She got fired. Imagine firing Oprah. It wasn't a mistake. Because she wasn't Oprah. She was just some 23-year-old punk who needed to get fired so she could become Oprah.”— Leslie Jones, nbc.com
“In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com