There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew CarnegieWhy should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?
Ernest HemingwayThe man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
B. C. ForbesThere’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it.
Richard BransonEven if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will RogersI can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
Bill GatesBecoming a writer is not a ‚career decision‘ like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don’t choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you’re not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
Paul AusterIt is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark TwainWith 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.
Abraham MaslowWe moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.
Vivienne WestwoodWhat? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!
Friedrich NietzscheThere is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Dale CarnegiePeople will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.
DJ KhaledBring them on.
George W. BushMy dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
Jackie ChanWhat keeps me motivated is love and passion.
Bad BunnyI have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.
Terry PratchettI’m a can-do girl.
Abby Lee MillerLook at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.
Colin PowellIn my opinion, rankings are a very fickle measurement of one’s success and it is best to not get carried away by it.
Sunil ChhetriThe presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
Wayne DyerI wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.
Joel OsteenKind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise PascalThe boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Theodore RooseveltAmbition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao TzuThe only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.
David GogginsWhatever you do, do with all your might.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.
Mr. TYou know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.
LeBron JamesJust try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
Michelle ObamaTo those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
George W. BushWe know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
Barack ObamaEventually, all companies are replaced.
Bill GatesThat’s what you live for as a sportsman. You have to put up a fight.
Jurgen KloppWe are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.
Joe BidenIt always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.
George EliotIt 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.
Stephen CurryWe must act out passion before we can feel it.
Jean-Paul SartreI lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.
David GogginsDon’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
Jocko WillinkA great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Ralph Waldo EmersonYou only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
Warren BuffettSome people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
Bill ShanklyThe one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.
Michelle ObamaThe very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
William ShakespeareThe reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.
Lady GagaIt has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Henry FordMy music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Bob MarleyThe future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
James BaldwinIf you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Napoleon HillI never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
BuddhaCardi B put a lot of work in.
Nipsey HussleMy success comes in making fun of whatever you’re doing. That’s my way.
Kevin HartIt 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.
Theodore RooseveltGetting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
Jocko WillinkUnwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
Mahatma GandhiGo before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
ConfuciusIf 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.
Lou HoltzThe greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
Elbert HubbardIf you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
Warren Buffett