It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I’m a big perfectionist! I’m trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

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

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

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.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

My dad used to have an expression – ‚It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.‘