Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is ‚to be prepared‘.

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

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.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they’re not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don’t care about money, and that’s not my problem.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

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.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

Respect the burden.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Of course awards matter.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

If you deserve it, go get it.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

No, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!