Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Arthur SchopenhauerSometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.
Haruki MurakamiWho ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Francis BaconIn business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.
Bill GatesWhen a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
Corrie Ten BoomYou do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
Franz KafkaThe world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Elbert HubbardObviously this song is an achievement for me in my career, but what makes me really feel good is to make Latinos feel proud. To provoke that pride that a pop figure and someone so big in music globally like Drake would sing with me completely in Spanish and create this hit ‚MIA.‘ That’s the best part of it.
Bad BunnyIt’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
Joel OsteenOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWill power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
Arthur SchopenhauerWhen something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauI am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.
Vincent Van GoghHumor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.
Jimmy BuffettBe the hunter, not the hunted.
Jim MattisAmbition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao TzuAll men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
Hermann HesseIf you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
Stephen CoveyWhat 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.
Jim CarreyWe should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Greta ThunbergWe were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
George BestEven those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
Blaise PascalThat is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
Charlie ChaplinThink of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
Andrew CarnegieYou gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that’s left for you or to make one of your own.
Dolly PartonI was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
J. K. RowlingCelebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily DickinsonIf you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.
Muhammad AliThe opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread.
Herbert HooverIf you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Napoleon HillI know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash… If anything, that’s all giving me power.
Kanye WestWe must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.
Lyndon B. JohnsonWe will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
George W. BushIf you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Lao TzuGiving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.
Robert Baden-PowellTo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
VoltaireI cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.
Gordon RamsayI love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
Julius CaesarWe aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOnly he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Mahatma GandhiThe way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Abraham LincolnI want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.
Sunil ChhetriSuccessful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
Wayne DyerAmbition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Eleanor RooseveltWhen the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Nelson MandelaI probably wouldn’t have made it this far if I were a refugee.
Angelina JolieWe may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
Mahatma GandhiI must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
Anne FrankAnd 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.
Ayrton SennaWhen I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
George Bernard ShawOne secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Benjamin DisraeliWhen a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.
Jocko WillinkGreat men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Arthur SchopenhauerWe learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.
Michelle ObamaWinning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.
Kobe BryantIt is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
BuddhaWood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Thomas CarlyleThe farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.
Will RogersOne must work and dare if one really wants to live.
Vincent Van Gogh