Be the hunter, not the hunted.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

You’ll see it when you believe it.

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

Before all else, be armed.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

I find with most of my readers are kind of like me, sort of people who were a little bit naive in life and then learned the hard way that this is what’s going on, the political games and most of my readers write to me telling me that the book helped them open their eyes to what other people are doing to them.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.

Often, in the real world, it’s not the smart that get ahead but the bold.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

It’s rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Never complain and never explain.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

Only you can control your future.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

‚Born this Way‘ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don’t believe too much into inspiration, only I’m waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It’s a little too easy to say that.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it’s liberating, and it’s empowering when you feel like, ‚Well, I can do that, too.‘

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people’s opinions will rush in from all quarters.

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.