Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

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

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

You can’t die with an unfinished book.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

Enemies are so stimulating.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don’t have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

I was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, ‚He is not a lush.‘ That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, ‚Look!‘

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you’re really tired. It’s my relaxing time.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The Internet is a big distraction.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

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

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

I only want my work to make people happy.

Little things affect little minds.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

If I’d known how much packing I’d have to do, I’d have run again.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.