Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

My dad used to have an expression – ‚It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.‘

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

Every noble work is at first impossible.

I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn’t quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

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

The good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don’t believe too much into inspiration, only I’m waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It’s a little too easy to say that.

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

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

Do the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don’t.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

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.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

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.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.