It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.

I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

My measure of success is whether I’m fulfilling my mission.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

My message to all the activists is to just keep going, and I know it really may seem impossible and hopeless sometimes – it always does – so you just have to keep going because if you try hard enough and long enough you will make a difference.

Man is not made for defeat.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

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

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Didn’t get promoted? Good. More time to get better.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

If you read enough biography and history, you learn how people have dealt successfully or unsuccessfully with similar situations or patterns in the past. It doesn’t give you a template of answers, but it does help you refine the questions you have to ask yourself.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

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!

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.