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

You have to be someone.

An unused life is an early death.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Do the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

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

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

Fame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

I like to work and am a focused person.

I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

People want you to fail.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.