Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

In ‚Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education‘ and ‚Why A Students Work for C Students,‘ I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you’d rather be in.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‚Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.‘

See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

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

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

I just love Bowie. I think he’s the ultimate inventor.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I want people to draw strength from me.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

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.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.

Once I’ve written something it does tend to run away from me. I don’t seem to have any part of it – it’s no longer my piece of writing.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Growing up I’ve watched Lewis and aspired to have some of his attributes, mainly his speed. His raw pace is probably the best of everyone on the whole grid, so there are bits you want from different drivers.

A BMW can’t take you as far as a diploma.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus‘ success in the spreadsheet – basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

Why should I be studying for a future that soon may not exist?

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.