We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

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

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

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

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

I can’t deny that label-support gave me a leg up – though not every successful artist needs it.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

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.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

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

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

In testing, you make a mistake, you just say ‚OK we’ll have another go‘ instead of it being the only chance you get.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

I am results-oriented.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.