I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Nothing will work unless you do.

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

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?‘

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.

I’m afraid to fail again.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

I’m a decent cook; I’m a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

What I have in common with the character in ‚Truman‘ is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.