The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

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.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Enemies are so stimulating.

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.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

Sometimes I’m a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it’s good to have both.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

I’ve taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them.

I’m not happy all the time, and I wouldn’t want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

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

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.