The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

I definitely don’t think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions… entertainment… cares and anxieties… and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.

Well begun is half done.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

As far as I’m concerned, I’m a writer who’s writing books, and therefore, I don’t want to die. You’d miss the end of the book wouldn’t you? You can’t die with an unfinished book.

I teach children to be winners.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

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

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

In this knowledge-worker age, it’s now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs – so the pressure to do well is really high.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‚If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?‘ And whenever the answer has been ‚No‘ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

If I’d been born ugly, you’d never have heard of Pele.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

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.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

I don’t get up, get dressed, go out, and think, ‚Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.‘

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

I’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

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

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it all just hurts.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.