Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

If the critics are right that I’ve made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

By reading, you learn through others‘ experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

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

I’ve had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world.

Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

‚Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn’t change policy.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

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.

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

You’ve got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you’ve got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

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.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn’t a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

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

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.