I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I’m always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

When I signed up for BFC, then-coach Ashley Westwood wanted me to play on the left as an attacking midfielder. I was not sure initially but I believed in his vision. For the first six-seven games, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was like a headless chicken. But he kept backing me.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

What one has to do usually can be done.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

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

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

All great achievements require time.

Doing a show for three weeks is nothing like doing a show for seven seasons.

It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they’re not trying to keep up with you.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘