I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I’m afraid to fail again.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

To me, business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

Success is the child of audacity.

If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn’t any consistency.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

I’m selfish.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

Sooner or later we’re all someone’s dog.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.

My drive is other people’s success.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.