The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

There should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.

I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

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.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

The same law takes place in a system, consisting of many bodies, as in one single body, with regard to their persevering in their state of motion or of rest. For the progressive motion, whether of one single body or of a whole system of bodies, is always to be estimated from the motion of the center of gravity.

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

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I’m committed to the fight game.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

If you look at space companies, they’ve failed either because they’ve had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

I’m really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I’m out; I’m asleep for takeoff.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

You can’t die with an unfinished book.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I’m no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.

My opinion is it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.