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

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.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

I’m afraid to fail again.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

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.

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. That breaks my heart.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don’t.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone – because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

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.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

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.