Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

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.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

I couldn’t say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

I’m not talent. Not considered ‚talent‘ by Lifetime. I’d like to say I’m their savior, but that would be cocky.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

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

Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

I don’t know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

Some people are jerks, and some people aren’t.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.