There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

I think the reason I don’t read is because, when I’m reading, I feel like I’m missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where’s my girlfriend?

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

I’m not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that’s not me.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

I’ve actually not read any books on time management.

In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

I don’t believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

Most rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, for people who can’t read.

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

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me – they’re cramming for their final exam.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don’t know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

I don’t think the ebbs and flows – get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape – is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.