Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

I don’t intend to stop making music.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

I’m afraid to fail again.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

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.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

It doesn’t matter who you are – if you dream big and if you work really hard, you can achieve unimaginable results, and that’s really good for the nation.

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

Losing is tough.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.