If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

I teach children to be winners.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it’s just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

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.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I can do whatever I want.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

I didn’t know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that’s what I was going to be.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Young men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

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

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I’m the first of so many talented people in this area to make it out. I take great pride to represent where I come from and I am able to show my fans, and everyone who listens and watches me, that anything is possible.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don’t think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

There’s a long way to fall when you pretend that you’re so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that’s protected by fame or success. It’s scary, and it’s the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

I don’t feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

Every driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it’s not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it’s part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

It’s every girl’s dream to be a cover girl!

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.