Above anything else, I hate to lose.

The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.

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

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

What I have in common with the character in ‚Truman‘ is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

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

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

I’m proud of ‚Stop Making Sense,‘ but it’s a little bit of an albatross; I can’t compete with it, but I can’t ignore it either.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

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

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Act, and God will act.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

It is natural to want to have a future.

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.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

The doer alone learneth.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.