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.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

If you deserve it, go get it.

Never, never, never give up.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

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

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

If I could, I would not do anything else. I’d just be in the studio for my whole life. I would never go to parties, events, and red carpets. I would rather just be in the studio for the whole time. I don’t even care. Nobody has to know what I look like. I just want to make music.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

The time is always right to do what is right.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

I’m gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Find people who will make you better.

A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

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.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or ‚inspired,‘ if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.

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.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.