I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

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

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

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. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

My measure of success is whether I’m fulfilling my mission.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That’s OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it’s not guaranteed.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day’s work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

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

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

I’ve never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

I have the habit of attention to such excess, that my senses get no rest – but suffer from a constant strain.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

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

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I’ll die and it’ll all be finished.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‚What’s in it for me?‘

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

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

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.