Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it’s possible. It’s not easy, but it’s possible.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn’t done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That’s OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it’s not guaranteed.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

There are so many things we have to overcome in this life with Jesus, His work on the cross. He’s paid the ultimate price for us, so I’m proud to be a child of God.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to ‚believe in God‘ and ‚don’t give up‘ to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can’t call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.

I’ve always had to conquer fear when I’m on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It’s absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I’m okay. It’s like I’m out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

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

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

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.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Nothing’s ever easy as long as you go on living.