If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

We should not look down on our first ancestors.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

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

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

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.

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

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

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

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Take me seriously. Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.

To me, business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.

There’s no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don’t try to adapt it, make it commercial.

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it’s different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He’s very quick.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

For the first time we’re allowing developers who don’t work at Facebook to develop applications just as if they were. That’s a big deal because it means that all developers have a new way of doing business if they choose to take advantage of it. There are whole companies that are forming whose only product is a Facebook Platform application.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

I have won this lottery. It’s a gigantic lottery, and it’s called Amazon.com. And I’m using my lottery winnings to push us a little further into space.

I’ve sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don’t need sauce. I know he doesn’t even want you to pour sauce. And I’ve seen customers come in and do that, and I’ve seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I’ve seen him die a little inside.

From 1945 to 1974, the Western world – including America – was more socialistic than capitalistic, more pro-labor than pro-business.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

Every driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it’s not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.

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.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.