Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it.

Just because you make a good plan, doesn’t mean that’s what’s gonna happen.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.

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

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

‚Nation‘ was one that I’d have killed myself if I hadn’t written it. It was absolutely important to me that I wrote it. It was good for my soul.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

Big results require big ambitions.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.

I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

Genius is patience.

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

No great thing is created suddenly.

The future is purchased by the present.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

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

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

You don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

See, winners embrace hard work.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

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

I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that’s such a downer, and people hate that topic. It’s not that vulnerability is the upside, but it’s better than shame, I guess.

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.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.