Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

I am so busy doing nothing… that the idea of doing anything – which as you know, always leads to something – cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

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

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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

You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I’ve got left?

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

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

I don’t go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, ‚Let’s see if I can get this done today.‘

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

I’ve felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father’s family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

We’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.