The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

Liverpool is a club with a big, big, big history, and all the clubs in the world have a big history if the present is not too successful. If you have never had success, then nobody knows how it is, but in Liverpool, everybody knows how it was.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

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.

A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

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.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

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.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

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.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

Fear is real, but so is love.

You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

I’ve had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved… or star in a movie.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don’t know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they’re developing what’s called ‚nuclear capability,‘ which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That’s not a crime.