My understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent man in Archery was an African-American bishop. When he came home from up north, where he was in charge of A.M.E. churches in five states, it was front-page news. He was the most successful man in my life.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

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.

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.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

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.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Without failure there is no achievement.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

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.‘

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

I don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

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.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

My measure of success is whether I’m fulfilling my mission.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

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

We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

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

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.