Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

I admire people who destroy themselves.

The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.

Dream and you shall become.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we didn’t – to use one of Justice Antonin Scalia’s favorite expressions – ‚Get over it!‘

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

They know enough who know how to learn.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

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.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

I’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a career risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

Every single one of us has a few months here or there that feel like dark months.

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