A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

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

Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they’re in another country.

I’ve had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

If I could have worked from the time I was born until I was 18 and never had to work again, I would have done it.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn’t really know what all that meant. I didn’t know.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.

I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don’t wish to have as their reality.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

People want to feel hopeful.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

Life begins on the other side of despair.