If you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

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.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

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?‘

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

I never expected any sort of success with ‚Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

I always make my dreams into goals.

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

What is once well done is done forever.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

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

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

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.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

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

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

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can’t afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

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.

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.

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

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

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.

Success has always been a great liar.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

My drive is other people’s success.

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

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

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

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

God’s desire is that we excel.