Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

I am results-oriented.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Success has always been a great liar.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

At first, I was called a quack, a charlatan, and worse, year after year, in Australia, England and the United States, by men who simply refused to believe that a nurse from ‚the bush‘ could devise a treatment which succeeded where they had failed.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

Pessimism never won any battle.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

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

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.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

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.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

I think it’s my responsibility, as a person of influence… to sometimes try to do what I can.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

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

If you try and work out at 4:30 in the afternoon, how many people are going to chip away at that time? Your boss, your job, your work, your family, your other obligations that you might have. At 4:30 in the morning, all those people are asleep, so you can do whatever you want.

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

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

To create something you must be something.

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.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.