No one has ever drowned in sweat.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. That breaks my heart.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Every successful businessman will have experienced set-backs and failures – they’re lying if they say they haven’t. Virgin has had some tremendously successful businesses and some that have not quite worked out. Virgin Cola springs to mind – the product wasn’t distinct enough from Coca-Cola.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

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.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

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.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

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.

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

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Music is really driving my whole life.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

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.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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.

Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I’m a can-do girl.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

I do believe in self-help.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.