Fight with a happy heart.

Every summer’s mine.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don’t be discouraged… just be willing to change.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

I’m confident with my ability.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

I have dreams, and I want to see them come to fruition.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Love is trembling happiness.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

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.

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

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

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

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

‚Happiness‘ is a pointless goal.

I kept writing not because I felt I was so good, but because I felt they were so bad, including Shakespeare, all those. The stilted formalism, like chewing cardboard.

Men want to make women happy.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.