I’m glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.

The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say ‚recognize‘ because you’re not… it’s not new.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I meet young people who know me and are familiar with my stuff. They know the package. They might have cherry-picked five or six key tunes. That’s how it seems to work. I sometimes wonder if they realise they are not getting the whole context.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

People are always coming up to me and saying, ‚I heard your dad’s speech, and it’s really great.‘ And they’ll mention some place I didn’t even know my dad was going to.

I’m always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

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.

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

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

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

We are going to transform Britain’s rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you’ve lived a good life.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don’t know at all can just be like, ‚Oh my God – are you Billie?‘

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

My success rate speaks for itself.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

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

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I’m going be training that child out the womb.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.