I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

I’ve actually taken companies public, I’ve actually busted companies, I’ve actually gone broke.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

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

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

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

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

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

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

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

Dream and you shall become.

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

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

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

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

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.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

That’s something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.