The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

There’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

You have to be someone.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

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

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

I guess that’s one of the things about growing up in the fifties – it never occurred to me that you wouldn’t be at least as successful as your parents.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

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.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Bring them on.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Love to everybody who is out there progressing and taking things to the next level.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

After all those years in Asia, I don’t have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and – Boom! – people go.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

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

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.