Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

If you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

I’m about being the best.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.

Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

Our work is never over.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

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.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

You have to be someone.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

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

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Big results require big ambitions.

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.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

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

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

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’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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

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.

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.