Americans never quit.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

I’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.

Opportunity makes a thief.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

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

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‚first chapters‘. I have indeed written many.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Nothing’s ever easy as long as you go on living.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

Losing is not an option in Kolkata. It’s not easy, a lot of players even quit.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Of course, I do everything for money.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

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

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

I’m afraid to fail again.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.