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

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

The best way out is always through.

A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Enemies are so stimulating.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

If you’re not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you’re going to be punished for them, then what’s your motivation to continue?

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I’m fully behind.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

To go to the field and train and understand when days are less, that’s where experience helps.

I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

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

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

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

Well begun is half done.

Believe me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

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

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.