All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

I made an album I’m very proud of, and that’s about it.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

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.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

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.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

I don’t get up, get dressed, go out, and think, ‚Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.‘

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it’s people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

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.

I read all the time, and I’m often struck by something I’m reading.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

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

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn’t done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.

I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you’re doing. That’s my way.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.

The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was ‚Crime and Punishment‘. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days… I said, ‚If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.‘

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they’re not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don’t care about money, and that’s not my problem.

My future is righteousness.

Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or ‚inspired,‘ if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.

Most of my songs have names of people I’ve met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.