The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‚If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?‘ And whenever the answer has been ‚No‘ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

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

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into ‚Starboy‘ is an honor.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

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.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

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

That 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.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

You fail only if you stop writing.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There’s times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you’re passing it.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

‚Soul Plane‘ put me in a position to succeed. I’m glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

Fight with a happy heart.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

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.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.