I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that’s by going step by step.

I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if I were a refugee.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

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

I was an overnight sensation.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Fame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

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.

If something’s important enough, you should try. Even if – the probable outcome is failure.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he’s doing. He’s focusing in on what you’re doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.

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

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

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

China has to go along with world trends. That’s democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

I aspire my country eventually has a league where all players play 50 games.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

Often, in the real world, it’s not the smart that get ahead but the bold.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

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

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

I’m committed to the fight game.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.