No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

I have dreams, and I want to see them come to fruition.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

The post of honour is a private station.

No pressure, no diamonds.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Short cuts make long delays.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be.

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

If you deserve it, go get it.

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.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to ‚believe in God‘ and ‚don’t give up‘ to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can’t call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

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.

I’ve never had writer’s block.

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

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that’s by going step by step.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky.

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

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

Affluence means influence.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Big results require big ambitions.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more.