He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

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

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

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.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I always entertain great hopes.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.

Of course, I do everything for money.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

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

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

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.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

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.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they’re rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.