I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Of course, I do everything for money.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

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

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

I never expected any sort of success with ‚Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

If you’re in this business and you are scared, then you better do something else.

To create something you must be something.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

Now we’re in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change – we’re doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change – inch by inch, day by day.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

I’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.

Don’t swap horses in crossing a stream.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

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.

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Hope is a waking dream.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.