Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBe above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNatural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Marcus AureliusBy prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
Christopher ColumbusGetting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
Jocko WillinkSoldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
Napoleon BonaparteThe companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.
Mark ZuckerbergThe music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.
Bad BunnyProvidence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
Mahatma GandhiTo not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.
Robert GreeneThe one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
ChanakyaLet the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Benjamin DisraeliWith patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.
Barack ObamaYour most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
Stephen CoveyI have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.
Sunil ChhetriThe great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Francis BaconWhenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they’re in another country.
George LucasUntil you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Napoleon HillHuman development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.
Brian EnoWe aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGo as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.
Thomas CarlyleA good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Jim RohnSometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.
Haruki MurakamiIf four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThe most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Khalil GibranSo long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
Baruch SpinozaWhat we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
Wayne DyerIt’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Ronald ReaganWe must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David ThoreauI’m gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell ‚em out of the trunk of my car. I’m that kind of musician and singer.
Dolly PartonAim for the highest.
Andrew CarnegieDream and you shall become.
Wayne DyerI remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don’t think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.
David ByrneNobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
Edmund HillaryThe richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.
Robert KiyosakiI’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.
David ByrneBring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
AristotleOne word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.
Charles SpurgeonI enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.
Conor McGregorAnd while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew CarnegieJust because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
Elvis PresleyThere is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIt is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Immanuel KantI am results-oriented.
Bill GatesI’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.
Wayne DyerA pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. PattonWhen you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
Theodore RooseveltNever bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen KellerThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.
George Bernard ShawYou gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.
DJ KhaledSingleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
John D. RockefellerYou don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Jim RohnA lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.
Mark ZuckerbergNo one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Helen KellerWe will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.
Narendra ModiCompetition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
Franklin D. RooseveltWe must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
George EliotContent makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
Benjamin FranklinI’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
George W. BushWe must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
John F. Kennedy