Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

I teach children to be winners.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

I used to watch MotoGP quite a bit, I liked MotoGP. I had a motorbike before I had a go-kart and before I had a motorbike I had a quad bike but I was too dangerous, and before I did quad biking I did horse riding, so it’s been a long journey.

I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.

Bill Gates has always been a mentor and inspiration for me even before I knew him. Just growing up, I admired how Microsoft was mission-focused.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

Hong Kong is a wonderful, mixed-up town where you’ve got great food and adventure. First and foremost, it’s a great place to experience China in a relatively accessible way.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

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.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

Many people find the universe confusing – it’s not.

I’m not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.

My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.

What is past is prologue.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

The influence of ‚Hidden Fortress‘ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

All variety of created objects which represent order and life in the universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the ‚Lord God.‘

If at first you don’t succeed… so much for skydiving.

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction – especially autobiographies and biographies. I’ve read ‚Long Walk to Freedom‘ by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I’m totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

Writing is like a ‚lust,‘ or like ‚scratching when you itch.‘ Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

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

Life is a song to me.

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.

Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I’ve been called a great adventurer.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.