Pessimism never won any battle.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

I teach children to be winners.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

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

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

I’m a Sagittarius, and one of our major qualities is that we’re blindly optimistic.

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.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

It is natural to want to have a future.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

I always entertain great hopes.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.

Why should I be studying for a future that soon may not exist?

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

Americans never quit.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

A 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.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

I want people to draw strength from me.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Aim for the highest.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Action expresses priorities.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.