Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

We named the book ‚Extreme Ownership‘ because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it’s definitely an attitude that I had.

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that’s a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.

You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.

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.‘

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Success is not a stop sign.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

The protestor I think will speak up for the world’s poorest.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‚Off to the Races‘ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

I don’t think I’m an unlucky person.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go – that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

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

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn’t know it then.

The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can’t solve extreme poverty and disease, isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful.

Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.

We work to become, not to acquire.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

What we think, we become.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

I don’t think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world’s face. That’s all private.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

If I was a billionaire, I’d be smart with my money.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

I feel 80% of my life is completely normal.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

It’s not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.