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.

Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don’t move fast, but I just keep moving.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

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

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.

I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if I were a refugee.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I’ve kept that mentality. Just because there’s a hurricane going on around you doesn’t mean you have to open the window and look at it.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

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.

I defy gravity.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

‚9 to 5,‘ that little song, that little story, just won’t ever end. Just like ‚I Will Always Love You,‘ it just keeps comin‘ back, popping up its head in one way or another.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

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.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

For the mission’s sake, for our country’s sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division’s colors in past battles – carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

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

Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it’s a vibe.