Fame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

Steak and Shake in Indianapolis is definitely the first stop when we hit that city.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

My mother was a very wonderful woman. When she and my dad divorced, she moved to California and worked two jobs in the cannery at night and as a waitress during the day. But she saved enough money to establish a restaurant.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‚Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?‘ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

In ‚Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education‘ and ‚Why A Students Work for C Students,‘ I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.

The Corps is in good hands, and it’s been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it’s time to go.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

See, winners embrace hard work.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can’t not be what everyone says I am. But I don’t feel like an icon.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

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

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they’re rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

As social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by the attention and respect we receive.

I say to the paparazzi, ‚Fellas, take your shot and go.‘ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.