In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

If you are so worried of things that can be fixed that you can't fix them. Just remember we came to this world without refactions.

True poetry is embarrassing.

We can speak our honest minds without compromise and without censorship and to each other and to our people. We can take our message directly to our people.

My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.

I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.

I have never thought of legacy or what I want to achieve.

Your emotional energy only cares about how successful you are at being yourself.

Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development.