I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

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

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I’ve felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people’s lives better.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

I’m not a bad person.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

To make headway, improve your head.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

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

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

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

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

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

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

A true capitalist doesn’t have a job, because other people and other people’s money work for them.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

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.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

It’s in my blood to be around people while I was training.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

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.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.