I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal.

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

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I don’t like begging money from producers.

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

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

Sadly, of course, there is real evil in the world. You watch the news, and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

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!

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

All great achievements require time.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Success has always been a great liar.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

I just want to do well with the national team.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

This is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

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

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents.

The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it’s beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one.

I was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me – so am I.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.