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.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

I think that success is having fun.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

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

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

Obama has no way to conceal that Osama was executed in front of his children and wives, who are now under the custody of the authorities of Pakistan, a Muslim country of almost 200 million inhabitants, whose laws have been violated, its national dignity offended, and its religious traditions desecrated.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I’ve been called a great adventurer.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

There’s nothing better than having a baby. I’ve always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I’d be overwhelmed, and it’s true… I can’t tell you how much my attitude has changed since we’ve got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, ‚We’re black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we’re all brought up differently.‘

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

None of my kids want to be actors. They are actually very interested in being musicians. I think they like the process of film from the outside. Mad is interested in editing. Pax loves music and deejaying.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

I don’t think about that. I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn’t on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Dream and you shall become.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

I don’t know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that – children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.