A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.

This election is about who’s going to be the next President of the United States!

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

As strong as the United States is, we can’t deal with terrorism alone.

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

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

What is once well done is done forever.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

In the ’70s, terrorism was much more serious, in that many more people got killed.

I don’t know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years. The level of poison – they used the most extreme carcinogen known: dioxin. And this went on for years.

When the Revolution triumphed in 1959, our island was a true Yankee colony. The United States had duped and disarmed our Liberation Army. One couldn’t speak of developed agriculture, but of immense plantations exploited on the base of manual and animal labour that in general used neither fertilizers nor machinery.

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

Nothing will work unless you do.

We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.

I don’t think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

America doesn’t have health insurance.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Success has always been a great liar.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.