It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don’t see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

It’s empowering to know I am doing something, I am taking a stand, I am disrupting.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

If we help an educated man’s daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? – not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

Young men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.