I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

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

I can’t do nothing just a little.

I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

I’m an all-or-nothing kind of guy, I guess.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

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

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

What keeps me going is goals.

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

I am very strict about what I eat. I do not consume anything that my body does not require. It takes a lot of sacrifice and discipline. It wasn’t easy before but now its second nature for me.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

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

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

I don’t have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

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

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

The only way round is through.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that’s important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

Success has always been a great liar.