Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

Aim for the highest.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

The man who has no problems is out of the game.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

I feel real good because it’s about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don’t fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic – being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans, we’ll have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts. It will be a way more interesting place to live.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.