However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

Nothing will work unless you do.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

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

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

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.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

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

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

If you try and work out at 4:30 in the afternoon, how many people are going to chip away at that time? Your boss, your job, your work, your family, your other obligations that you might have. At 4:30 in the morning, all those people are asleep, so you can do whatever you want.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

Never mistake motion for action.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

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

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.