Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

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.

Because I’m not in a record deal, I don’t have to operate in an album format.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

Rock music is niche.

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that’s not something I could do.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

A lot of the records you buy, there’s nothing you can hold in your hand, it’s all 1’s and 0’s, this digital cloud floating in the ether. but with analog albums, you can hold it in your hand.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

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

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

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 are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

There’s no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don’t try to adapt it, make it commercial.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

One is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, ‚Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.‘ You have no idea of the competition.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.