I think it’s quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you’ve got another reason for keeping fit.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Our goal is to make it so there’s as little friction as possible to having a social experience.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

The 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.

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

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

I’m not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

Believe me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

I still work out on a daily basis.

Man is not made for defeat.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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

If it’s going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

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

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me – to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That’s normally how I perform. That’s how I am.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other’s well-being, is source of happiness.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I’m always attracted to people who interest me. They’ve got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They’re interested in people.