I came, I saw, I conquered.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

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.

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.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Well done is better than well said.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Passions are the gales of life.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

Find people who will make you better.

We’ve always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways… It’s lasted now about 14 years, and we’re very pleased to have survived it.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

I’ve run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people’s support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

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.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

We 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.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

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

You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

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

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.