The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

You are victors, not victims!

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Libraries raised me.

I will not be triumphed over.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

I only act from my heart.

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.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

I’m not the kind of cat that’s going to cut off an ear if I can’t do something.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.