I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

Celebrity damages private life.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.

It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

The best way out is always through.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Never mistake motion for action.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl.

Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.