“There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.”

“Be so good they can't ignore you.”

Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer

“Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all others can't stop you. The only one who stops you is yourself.”

Jeffrey Gitomer (1946) American writer

“Don't let things you can't do stop you from doing things you can.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

“For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do? It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?”

Harlan Coben book Caught

“You hate change. I hate it too. But things can't stay the same- and that's well, for when nothing changes in your life, it's as good as being dead”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“What good are all these books to you? You can't eat them! How can they make you happy?”

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director

“There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.”

Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) American folklorist, novelist, short story writer

“I just can't stop loving you,
I just can't stop loving you,
And if I stop, then tell me just what will I do?
'Cause I just can't stop loving you.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated