If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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

I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‚Is this it? Are we still relevant?‘

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama’s favorite actors.

The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say ‚recognize‘ because you’re not… it’s not new.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that’s by going step by step.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

I’m home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

The fame isn’t important to me. It’s a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

My mother and my father have been married 50 years, and he’s just started to understand that something’s wrong with the system. He accepted the whole thing, you see. Yet this industrious kind of engagement didn’t bring him the success, according to American terms, that he wanted. I was probably affected by this very much. In fact, I know I was.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

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

From the time that ‚Nevermind‘ came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus‘ success in the spreadsheet – basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‚Sign.‘

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin‘ wealthy.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.