If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

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

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

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

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

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

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

What keeps me going is goals.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

A lot of times, people have something that they’re afraid of. They’ve got a client that’s mad at them. They’ve got a project that’s due. And they let that stress hang over their head. I don’t let that happen.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

Well, I’m working all the time to stay out of trouble!

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.

Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‚always do what you are afraid to do.‘

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

I got a signed document from Bullock’s saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock’s!

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.