Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

If you think only of evil, then you become pessimistic and hopeless like Freud. But if you think there is no evil, then you’re just one more deluded Pollyanna.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

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

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Think and grow rich.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you’re obsessed with yourself, and I’m not – you can become unhinged so easily.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

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.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

Success is not a stop sign.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

I have trouble with letting go. That’s my problem.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

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