Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

I have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Bitterness is cancer – it eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

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.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don’t know and I don’t care.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

If you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer afraid to die because the earth is not dying. Like a wave appears and disappears and appears again.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: ‚You know there’s no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won’t.‘ I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

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.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

The colonel replied that he didn’t care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.

Success is the child of audacity.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

I still think I am the greatest.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.