Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.

I’m the most stubborn person I know.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we’re getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we’ve ever had before.

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

You either make dust or eat dust.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I 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.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

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?‘

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

Genius is patience.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.

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

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don’t intend to give in either till all is completed.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

At one point, I didn’t care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

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.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.