All great achievements require time.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it’s important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

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

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

Did you know there’s a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy – running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything – is the same as wasting your time? It’s frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

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 think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

The left paw has done me well over the years. I’m not a scientist, I’m a martial artist.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Well begun is half done.

Time is the least thing we have of.

I don’t think about that. I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn’t on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

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

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I’m going be training that child out the womb.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

God is patient with us to become the God’s children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.