I can’t deny that label-support gave me a leg up – though not every successful artist needs it.

‚This guy’s a clown! He’s just all talk!‘ I’ve heard that many times in my career. And then they’re sleeping in the middle of the octagon.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

Well begun is half done.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It’s the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.

An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

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.

I think that when you’re making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

I just want to do well with the national team.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That’s what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He’s a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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

In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn’t been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A’s without taking a book home. I didn’t go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Winning ‚Motor Trend‘ Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!