We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

No sooner said than done – so acts your man of worth.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

Obviously this song is an achievement for me in my career, but what makes me really feel good is to make Latinos feel proud. To provoke that pride that a pop figure and someone so big in music globally like Drake would sing with me completely in Spanish and create this hit ‚MIA.‘ That’s the best part of it.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, ‚cause I’m very smart.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

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

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I’ve been called a great adventurer.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

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

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

I used to dream about taking the ball ‚round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

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

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

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

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.