My success rate speaks for itself.

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.

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

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened – as if somebody was trying to demote them.

I explain the law of compensation like this: ‚Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

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

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

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

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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

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.

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

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

Affluence means influence.

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

I don’t know, I feel desperate when I sing. And I look desperate – it feels like I’m singing for my life, which makes me twitch, if that makes sense.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.

There’s something about being in front of a live audience that’s fun. It’s a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can’t get it anywhere else. And I’ve been doing it since I was 23, so it’s part of my being – it’s part of my fabric as a person.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I’ve done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, ‚Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.‘

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

I like entertaining people. I really miss it.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.