" You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. "

- George Clooney

" I like criticism. It makes you strong. "

- LeBron James

" Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. "

- Kobe Bryant

" Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. "

- Kevin Hart

" Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something. "

- Ashton Kutcher

" Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can. "

- Hillary Clinton (inspired by John Wesley quote)

" The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. "

- Dolly Parton

" Turn your wounds into wisdom. "

- Oprah Winfrey

" The unexamined life is not worth living. "

- Socrates

" Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. "

- Soren Kierkegaard

" Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth. "

- Unknown

" The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything. "

- Frank Sinatra

" In order to write about life first you must live it. "

- Ernest Hemingway

" If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. "

- Eleanor Roosevelt

" The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. "

- Henry Ford

" Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. "

- Seneca

" Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. "

- Steve Jobs

" Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there. "

- Will Smith

" Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. "

- Babe Ruth

" Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. "

- Thomas A. Edison