Your own life is your competition.

Fire is harmful unless it’s controlled. Then it provides warmth, enables us to cook, and sets a romantic tone when contained in a fireplace.

Your response to rejection is the same way. When your response is unbridled, it can devastate. When your response is controlled, it can be used to motivate you, stir you into action, and bring you closer to your goals.

Be careful not to compare how insecure you feel about yourself on the inside with how polished others may look on the outside.

The more perfect another person appears to be, the more likely they feel inadequate.

It ought to be with a sense of relief, not a sense of compromise and reluctance, that we come to the conclusion that we are not and never will be perfect.

Rejection causes pain but like physical pain, it goes away.

By understanding that all rejection is beneficial, you’ll be able to open-mindedly examine each rejection rather than allowing negativity to creep in and take over.

Positive thinking people use rejection to motivate them.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Hang on to your vision.

We conquer by continuing.

Be like a postage stamp - stick to one thing until you get there.

Submitting to fear and avoiding rejection takes away our freedom to dream.

When we feed ourselves full of possibilities, we gain courage.

When you continue exploring your possibilities, great ideas emerge that can benefit you and others in a big way.

Every lasting success involves overcoming rejection.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

You can’t make the decision for someone else to reject you. Take the risk!

Their pride often got the best of them. Rather than face the fear of embarrassment, they would simply reject the idea.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

To align with our new strategy to enhance the Windows device ecosystem, we are integrating Microsoft Mobile Device Sales (MMDS) underneath the Consumer Channels Group (CCG).

I was in the Black Power movement. I feel as energized about Black Lives Matter. I don't feel in any way separated from Black Lives Matter. I do believe we are hand and glove. I am the legislative tool.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused.

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.

I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.

Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.

You cannot live your dreams and fears simultaneously. One must die.

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.

And don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.

All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model.

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

I guess your name is Google. Because you have everything that I am searching for.

I like people who try to do big things.

I want viewers to see that everything is connected, even the little guys like pollinators and flowers.

It's weird: you do a TED talk on something, and people think that you suddenly have a lot of answers around the topic.