I’m used to seeing it, but it’s weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it’s kind of surreal to have one in your house.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

‚The Simpsons‘ appearances were great fun. But I don’t take them too seriously. I think ‚The Simpsons‘ have treated my disability responsibly.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

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.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream – I was surprised to find it happening.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn’t think I could read, much less write.

I definitely wasn’t anything special when I first started but I think I adapted quite quickly into racing and it became a bit better slowly. All of cadets, the first four years of karting, I only won one proper race, one! Which was the British Open Championship at PFI and I started 21st and I won.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for – presidential medal of honor.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

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

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn’t a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn’t want to have some contrived composition.

Having these colossal accolades and titles, they get in the way.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

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

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

Begin with the end in mind.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn’t expecting it.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

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

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.