No decent career was ever founded on a public.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

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

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world – but it doesn’t happen twice.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

At first, I was called a quack, a charlatan, and worse, year after year, in Australia, England and the United States, by men who simply refused to believe that a nurse from ‚the bush‘ could devise a treatment which succeeded where they had failed.

Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we’re now deep in the Information Age, many people are studying for, or working at, or clinging to the Industrial Age idea of a safe, secure job.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

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

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

If you just needed the skills to pass the bar, two years would be enough. But if you think of law as a learned profession, then a third year is an opportunity for, on the one hand, public service and practice experience, but on the other, also to take courses that round out the law that you didn’t have time to do.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

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

‚Nothin‘ on You‘ by B.o.B was the first song where I heard myself on the radio. I’d been trying my whole career to write a song like that, which incorporates live instruments with hip-hop and singing.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn’t care what kind of movies I made.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

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

One element of Madonna’s career that really takes center stage is how many times she’s reinvented herself. It’s easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It’s inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.

A BMW can’t take you as far as a diploma.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

This has been my life for many years; one role feeds the other.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

Without failure there is no achievement.

Aim for the highest.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

Success is the child of audacity.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it’s not about me.

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.

What I have in common with the character in ‚Truman‘ is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

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.

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you’re doing. That’s my way.