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

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Whatever the reviewers feel about ‚The Casual Vacancy‘, it is what I wanted it to be, and you can’t say fairer than that as a writer.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort – I think it keeps you going.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

The term ‚globalisation‘ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Money for me today does not really matter.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Hope is a waking dream.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

When the first big paycheque with ‚Dumb And Dumber‘ hit, I went: ‚Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?‘ But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they’re not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don’t care about money, and that’s not my problem.

I have goals.

With all due respect, I am against dumb.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.