I'm not a person who's very comfortable with fame. I'm a singer. I sing. That's what I do. That's what I love.

成功不是终点，失败也不是致命的：重要的是继续前进的勇气。

"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift."

Coal has been the backbone of industry, and with innovation, it can continue to be.

Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select—doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.

You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.