Jon Bon Jovi Quotes

Even when I was down, I treated myself as a star and eventually the world would catch up.

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

I certainly never feel discouraged. I can't myself raise the winds that might blow us or this ship into a better world. But I can at least put up the sail so that when the winds comes, I can catch it.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.

We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.

I learned from working in the fashion world that if I have a day when I feel slapped in the face, or if someone has been mean, I just have to get back up and it will be another day. I think about what I'm grateful for. I look at my kids and my husband and think, Wow, I'm a really lucky person.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one of those days, I'll just be like. 'I'm not going to let this be a bad day,' and I'll do everything I can to turn it around.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.'

I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.

Anything is possible. I've got a few more miles in me. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

It's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Never give up and never give in.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.