A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.

I feel that the best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company but because the founder wanted to change the world… If you decide you want to found a company, you maybe start to develop your first idea. And hire lots of workers.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

I want a president with a record of public service: someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase form and fortune for ourselves; we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there’s such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

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

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

One of my mentors schooled me on branding before it was a cliche term in the game.

I actually do think you’re seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think that’s a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into what’s going on with them.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

We were told our campaign wasn’t sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

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

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

If 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.

I definitely wasn’t anything special when I first started but I think I adapted quite quickly into racing and it became a bit better slowly. All of cadets, the first four years of karting, I only won one proper race, one! Which was the British Open Championship at PFI and I started 21st and I won.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

I’ve been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.

Rascals are always sociable, more’s the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others‘ company.

I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing.

The importance of logo into today’s fashion is un! be! Lievable!

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That’s OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it’s not guaranteed.

Success has always been a great liar.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.