I’m not looking for sympathy at all.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerMy father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.
Wayne DyerI began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
Fidel CastroWe must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThat is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.
Michelle ObamaI have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.
Anne FrankIf you try and work out at 4:30 in the afternoon, how many people are going to chip away at that time? Your boss, your job, your work, your family, your other obligations that you might have. At 4:30 in the morning, all those people are asleep, so you can do whatever you want.
Jocko WillinkIf the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Carl von ClausewitzI’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.
Tom BradyIf you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Maya AngelouKings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
George Bernard ShawWith all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.
Dwayne JohnsonI 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.
Jackie RobinsonLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack LondonI tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
Mr. TAs a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.
Russell M. NelsonI’ve never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn’t feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you’ve got to work as hard as them.
Taylor SwiftSuccess is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.
Jim RohnThe longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
Arthur SchopenhauerBy indignities men come to dignities.
Francis BaconI’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.
Taylor SwiftYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack LondonNow we’re in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change – we’re doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change – inch by inch, day by day.
Barack ObamaMy understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent man in Archery was an African-American bishop. When he came home from up north, where he was in charge of A.M.E. churches in five states, it was front-page news. He was the most successful man in my life.
Jimmy CarterBaseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
Jackie RobinsonAround every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.
Dwayne JohnsonIt is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
Emily DickinsonLife is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
Benjamin DisraeliNothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Thomas JeffersonIf you’ve got a talent, protect it.
Jim CarreyThe woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Amelia EarhartAfter the first day of practice, there’s not one guy who’s playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it just hurts.
Tom BradyThe marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
Helen KellerThe only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
George EliotAim for the highest.
Andrew CarnegieIdeas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
Jim RohnSuccess is the child of audacity.
Benjamin DisraeliNever allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
Eleanor RooseveltInnovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.
Steve JobsDon’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
Jocko WillinkI should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.
Muhammad AliIf 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.
Taylor SwiftAbove everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.
Dolly PartonWe will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
Thich Nhat HanhMy drive is other people’s success.
Kevin HartI will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.
Ruth Bader GinsburgCrime when it succeeds is called virtue.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaYour success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.
Jocko WillinkThe most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore RooseveltWhosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Niccolo MachiavelliOur chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNo one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
Winston ChurchillI lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.
David GogginsMy goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.
Kevin HartI’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.
DJ KhaledWe came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.
Nipsey HussleAdopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.
Jordan PetersonNever interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.
Amelia EarhartYou’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.
Richard M. NixonI’m interested in what motivates individuals to participate in atrocious acts to support their ideological identification.
Jordan Peterson