He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

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

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

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

One thing that I find very unmotivating is the kind of Plan B argument: when Earth gets destroyed, you want to be somewhere else. That doesn’t work for me. We have sent robotic probes now to every place in the solar system, and this is the best one.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we’ll fail, and sometimes we’ll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you’ll find support.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

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

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the ‚my way or the highway‘ approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

No sooner said than done – so acts your man of worth.

You can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

If it doesn’t work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

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

Though lovers be lost, love shall not.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Life loves the liver of it.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.

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

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we’ve been thinking about a problem.

The Make in India campaign has taken off and is backed with skill development. It is going to open new vistas for employment for the youth.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

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

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

I’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

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

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.

Success is the child of audacity.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.