Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger’s skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

My mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.

I am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics, I don’t care about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they’re gonna do it.

People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

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 is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

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.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

You know, I’m trying to chase rings, and that’s all I’m about. So that’s where the conversation stops for me.