Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
PlatoDream and you shall become.
Wayne DyerThere have been so many great players that I’ve played with, that I’ve played against over the years.
Tom BradyIn George Bush you get experience, and with me you get – The Future!
Dan QuayleI have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.
Ray BradburyThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Benjamin DisraeliWhatever you do, do with all your might.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one’s children will become than for the children one’s ‚mature‘ critics often are.
Alice WalkerI have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.
Tom BradyAll great achievements require time.
Maya AngelouSuccess in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
Napoleon HillThe secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
George Bernard ShawSurface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show – that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.
DrakeBy appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
VoltaireIn business, success often depends upon the relative age of your ideas.
Robert KiyosakiIn ‚Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education‘ and ‚Why A Students Work for C Students,‘ I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.
Robert KiyosakiAs I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing – hopefully.
Taylor SwiftSee, winners embrace hard work.
Lou HoltzThe battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Napoleon HillEvery noble work is at first impossible.
Thomas CarlyleFor an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
Jean-Paul SartreTo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
VoltaireYour attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
John C. MaxwellMen are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
George Bernard ShawTalent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen KingWhen you write your first book aged 25 or so, you have 25 years of experience, albeit much of it juvenile experience. The second book comes after an extra year sitting in bookshops. Pretty soon, you begin to run on empty.
Douglas AdamsWhen I did A Soldier’s Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
Denzel WashingtonHappiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
Robert Baden-PowellWe were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
George BestThe statesman’s duty is to bridge the gap between his nation’s experience and his vision.
Henry KissingerBuilding 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.
Mark ZuckerbergApplause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Edmund BurkeThe moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
J. K. RowlingIf I’m a star, then the people made me a star.
Marilyn MonroeGetting in and out of the car with the halo takes a bit of experience. I struggled initially, but after a few trial runs I was fine.
Lando NorrisMy overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.
EminemWhat would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent Van GoghBecoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.
Bruno MarsA hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.
Robert GreeneTo those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
George W. BushMy drive is other people’s success.
Kevin HartI’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
J. ColeA child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people are good, some are not, and you can’t be naive.
Robert GreeneGreat works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel JohnsonA journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
John SteinbeckEverybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.
Robert KiyosakiTo be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.
Amy WinehouseIt has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham LincolnIf your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
John D. RockefellerRiches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
F. Scott FitzgeraldIt has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Henry FordWhat is once well done is done forever.
Henry David ThoreauIf boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
Vincent Van GoghFun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.
Richard BransonLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Samuel JohnsonNo great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWinning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.
Ayrton SennaI had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.
Maya AngelouFame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.
Marilyn MonroeIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Harry S. Truman