For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.

There is no substitute for victory.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

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

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It’s one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

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.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

It 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.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

I have a good team. It’s good to have a good team.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

I’ve always been interested in science – one of my favourite books is James Watson’s ‚Molecular Biology of the Gene.‘

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

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

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

The soul is healed by being with children.

We’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there’s a reason why she is now as furious as she is. And I think that children who have been outcast and abused in any way will relate to her. There’s a beautiful side to her; she’s not just a dark person. She has all these facets. And that is interesting.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

I’ve run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people’s support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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

I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won’t do it.

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

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

We are going to transform Britain’s rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you’ve lived a good life.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‚Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?‘ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

I feel very lucky to make a living from my imagination; I’m very grateful for that. I like that what I do is create. I’m feeling very lucky to have had the career I had. It’s gone much longer and bigger than I ever thought it would be.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.