Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

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

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

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.

Music is really driving my whole life.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn’t quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.

Big results require big ambitions.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

My dad used to have an expression – ‚It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.‘

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

I’m very picky; I’m never happy with anything. It’s so hard to give the record away and accept that you’re done.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.