Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

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.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

To lead people walk behind them.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I’m the first of so many talented people in this area to make it out. I take great pride to represent where I come from and I am able to show my fans, and everyone who listens and watches me, that anything is possible.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

I didn’t get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Someone told me something that stuck with me: ‚You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.‘ I’ve been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I’m just backtracking and trying to get back up there.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

I never say I am a guru.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

What we think, we become.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

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

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.