I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in – that we do it to God, to Christ, and that’s why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

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

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

You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

There’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

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

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

The truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed.

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 great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

Aim for the highest.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

As a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly!

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

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

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.