Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

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’m a fighter, I’m a winner, and I’m not interested in just battling my team-mate for the back of the grid.

You can say that 2016 was my finest. It went well for the national team, started by winning the SAFF Cup, we reached the finals of AFC Cup, we reached the semis of ISL. I think it was a fruitful season.

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure – the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

Of course awards matter.

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.

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.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

There have been so many great players that I’ve played with, that I’ve played against over the years.

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

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

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.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‚Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?‘ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

People want you to fail.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry – a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely – to push in a coherent direction.

In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I’d be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.