Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

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?‘

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

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

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

I was a housewife, so I learned to write in times off, and I don’t think I ever gave it up, though there were times when I was very discouraged because I began to see that the stories I was writing were not very good, that I had a lot to learn, and that it was a much, much harder job than I had expected.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

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

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

Nothing on ‚Relapse‘ and very little on ‚Recovery‘ was produced by me.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

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

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

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.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Learn to think continentally.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it’s a success.

If you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.