The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

I think, because I started Virgin when I was a teenager, it has become a part of me, like my family, and I am motivated by ambition for it, almost as if it were a child.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. 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.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

That’s when you know you’re the greatest: when you’re the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

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.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

Man becomes his most creative during war.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

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

Never, never, never give up.

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

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.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

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

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You don’t have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don’t need any special equipment – that’s the beauty of it.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

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

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I’m willing and I’m eager, and not just about my writing – I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

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.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.