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

Dream and you shall become.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

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

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain’s summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

Even though I had won in other categories, I didn’t have any expectations when I came into F1. Qualifying fifth, finishing sixth? I didn’t expect it.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody’s mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

‚Soul Plane‘ put me in a position to succeed. I’m glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

My dad kind of liked racing and motorsports, but wasn’t a big fan, it wasn’t like he watched every race or whatever.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

What keeps me going is goals.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

I am results-oriented.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

In my opinion, rankings are a very fickle measurement of one’s success and it is best to not get carried away by it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

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.

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

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

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

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.