Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

I put together amazing records, whether that’s finding the beat or putting the right hook on there, and picking the right artists on the record. That’s me being an A&R. And I’m making sure that they give me their best.

Looking at 2014, I look back: we made more money off ‚Mailbox Money‘ than we would have made off taking an advance from anybody. We made more money letting our fans buy the stuff directly from us than what any label could have offered us.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

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.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

I am results-oriented.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

I probably could have toured off ‚Trilogy‘ for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Basically, when you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Even though I’m known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

Think and grow rich.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it’s all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can’t change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

There’s something missing in the music industry today… and it’s music. Songs you hear don’t last, it’s just product fed to you by the industry.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Probably the reason it’s a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you’re getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you’re going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there’s a kind of bundle.

I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.