Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

We could definitely make a flying car – but that’s not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet? Because if it’s a howler, you’re going to make people very unhappy.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!

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.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

I am results-oriented.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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

See, winners embrace hard work.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don’t understand why it’s the government’s responsibility.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

In my opinion, rankings are a very fickle measurement of one’s success and it is best to not get carried away by it.

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

I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

At first, I was called a quack, a charlatan, and worse, year after year, in Australia, England and the United States, by men who simply refused to believe that a nurse from ‚the bush‘ could devise a treatment which succeeded where they had failed.

I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.

From the time that ‚Nevermind‘ came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

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

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don’t do that, we really deserve the world we get.

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not acting responsibly in relation to climate change.

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

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin‘.

Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.