He that can have patience can have what he will.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do.

A word after a word after a word is power.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

In my opinion, rankings are a very fickle measurement of one’s success and it is best to not get carried away by it.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

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

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people – their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

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.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

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

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

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

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

It was such a leap in my career when ‚Truman Show‘ came along. It’s always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that’s OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.

I’m committed to the fight game.