Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

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.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

Often, I can scarcely hear any one speaking to me; the tones yes, but not the actual words; yet as soon as any one shouts, it is unbearable. What will come of all this, heaven only knows!

We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

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 work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

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

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

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

One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

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

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent’s house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Losing is tough.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Applause waits on success.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show – that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.