The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
Aldous HuxleyThe first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.
Charles DickensA development deal is where they’re giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they’ll put an album out.
Taylor SwiftNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTalent without working hard is nothing.
Cristiano RonaldoOnce you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
ChanakyaIt’s never crowded along the extra mile.
Wayne DyerI’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing.
J. ColeObstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry FordMartyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Arthur SchopenhauerMan needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
Booker T. WashingtonBeing acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it’s people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.
Kendrick LamarTime is bunk.
Douglas AdamsIsrael was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. KennedyThe thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.
Robert KiyosakiIf you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
Stephen CoveyDo 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.
Abby Lee MillerCalifornia has a special relationship with the Internet. Many of the core technologies that power the Internet were invented here. Many of the most successful online entrepreneurs and content creators – in business, the arts, and countless other endeavors – got their start here.
Kamala HarrisHe has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
Elbert HubbardIf what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
Lou HoltzA good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Jim RohnThe man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.
Martin LutherI like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
Matthew McConaugheyA dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin PowellA man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Marcus AureliusThe world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
Samuel JohnsonThe important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
Kobe BryantGrowth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.
John C. MaxwellGreat things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van GoghSuccess is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
John C. MaxwellEverybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.
Kevin HartMy unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he’s doing. He’s focusing in on what you’re doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.
Conor McGregorThe first mistake in public business is the going into it.
Benjamin FranklinI respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.
Frank OceanIf there’s one thing that’s certain in business, it’s uncertainty.
Stephen CoveyToo many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.
Richard BransonWe can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.
Arthur SchopenhauerYou have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.
Brian TracyA great mind becomes a great fortune.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaYou only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
Warren BuffettIf you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.
David GogginsTake time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Benjamin FranklinBe more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamLove is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.
Ray BradburyThe effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music.
The WeekndWhen schools flourish, all flourishes.
Martin LutherThe profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
John SteinbeckWith a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.
Abraham MaslowThere is no failure except in no longer trying.
Elbert HubbardClimbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI’m a slow worker; I’m, I think, a steady worker.
Harper LeeHe 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.
Friedrich NietzscheTo the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-PowellIn 2013, the week before I dropped ‚Crenshaw,‘ ‚Complex‘ wrote an article that said that Nipsey Hussle is one of the top 25 underperforming artists. I was so offended that I responded with my own opinion about these journalists – their point of view is not validated in our culture.
Nipsey HussleIf you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.
Richard M. NixonMind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
William ShakespeareBuild a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWith pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.
David Byrne