Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

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.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

I don’t want to hear the word ‚can’t.‘

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

The 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.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

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

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

I’m about being the best.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Aim for the highest.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games – nothing like saving the world.

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

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

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.