I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

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.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

I think that success is having fun.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus‘ success in the spreadsheet – basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Let the path be open to talent.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

It’s very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

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

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‚Is this it? Are we still relevant?‘

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn’t want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it’s because I’m Smart… But that is a lie: The real reason is because I’m an incurable Gambling addict.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

I’ve actually taken companies public, I’ve actually busted companies, I’ve actually gone broke.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

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

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

My drive is other people’s success.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Winning – that’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

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

It’s insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it’s assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It’s that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he’s telling you something about his own life. It’s so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘