No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

I was an overnight sensation.

Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

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

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by building something, a future, a family? Can you go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent problem that the Church is facing.

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

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

An honest man is always a child.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

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.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Affluence means influence.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it’s part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

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.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

I’m an entrepreneur. I’m a young mogul. I’m blessed.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

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

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories – and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Honesty is the best policy.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.