Of course, I do everything for money.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

If God can’t get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won’t get to anything else you got.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don’t.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

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

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Man is not made for defeat.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

If a person is successful, we imagine they are probably also ethical, conscientious and deserving of their good fortune. This obscures the fact that many people who get ahead have done so by doing less than moral actions, which they cleverly disguise from view.

I have worked ever since I was 13.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

I never expected any sort of success with ‚Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

People want to feel hopeful.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

There’s no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don’t try to adapt it, make it commercial.

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 dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

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

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

I have a good team. It’s good to have a good team.

‚Soul Plane‘ put me in a position to succeed. I’m glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

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

And winning is a huge thing for me.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.