Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

They used to call me ‚Touchdown T.‘ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‚I’m going to run for three touchdowns.‘ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

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

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

All great achievements require time.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I’m willing and I’m eager, and not just about my writing – I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Success is not a stop sign.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

The most challenging project I’ve ever done, I think, is every single thing I’ve ever tried to do. It’s never easy.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.

Pessimism never won any battle.

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.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Enemies are so stimulating.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.

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

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.