I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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.

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

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

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 secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

I’m an entrepreneur. I’m a young mogul. I’m blessed.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Over a 10-year period, 99 out of 100 new entrepreneurs will fail. Only one will be left standing as others get pushed out of the market or burn out from working so hard. It’s really sad.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you – but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

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

Aim for the highest.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‚Sign.‘

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

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 way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

It is not, of course, complete yet – but some sentences were understood this afternoon… I feel that I have at last struck the solution of a great problem – and the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid onto houses just like water or gas – and friends converse with each other without leaving home.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it’s part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

I’ve had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

You know, I’m trying to chase rings, and that’s all I’m about. So that’s where the conversation stops for me.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

I’m sure that at no point in my life could I ever have shown the kind of focus and discipline and commitment necessary to work a station at elBulli or Le Bernardin. No. That ain’t me.