Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

I definitely don’t plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It’s a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we’re telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we’re young, we don’t understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it’s a blessing to have that support at home.

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

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

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don’t really give a toss whether they’re playing or not because they’re getting paid anyway.

I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.

Giving up cannot be an option.

If I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

Find people who will make you better.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

I’ve always been really, really aware of my insecurities – really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.