As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone – because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

It is not, of course, complete yet – but some sentences were understood this afternoon… I feel that I have at last struck the solution of a great problem – and the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid onto houses just like water or gas – and friends converse with each other without leaving home.

I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.

The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

Frankly, I think that the news industry is critically important because it points out things and surfaces truths that can often be uncomfortable. I think that that’s working, and the spotlight has been pointed on things that we have a responsibility to do better, and I accept that.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’re signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Dream and you shall become.