I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‚There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.‘ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

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.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

No sooner said than done – so acts your man of worth.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood’s most successful and innovative genre.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Becoming 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.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I’d rather just try and focus on what I’m doing, try and win basically.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we’re dreaming all the time. That’s what really gets me. We have a fathomless lake of unconsciousness just beneath our skulls.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

I came, I saw, I conquered.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be.

I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I like to work and am a focused person.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples‘ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.

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

I believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider… the riders contend for its possession.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

That’s when you know you’re the greatest: when you’re the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.