My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

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

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

I’ve taken countless shots in my life, so you know the ones when you’re in rhythm, with a perfect release, and it’s on track, that it’s going in.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn’t be ours anymore.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

My family didn’t have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, ‚Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?‘ And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career.

I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

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

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.

It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

I’ve always been a fan of the VMAs, and I’ve always worked hard just to get a ticket to go to the VMAs.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

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!

If you choose to do something, attack it. You can hate me, but there’s one thing you can’t say about me – that I didn’t attack it.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn’t think I’d play one year in the NFL, and now I’m going on my 17th year.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

My future is righteousness.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

I’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.

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.

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.

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.