The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

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.

I’m sure everyone knows now that only a few have performed in Madison Square Garden. That list is so small. Now I’m on that list. I’m a part of a very small group, which is unbelievable. You relish in that moment for a second.

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

Libraries raised me.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I’m not saying I’m the best, but we the best.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

You have to be someone.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

Never find fault with the absent.

Enemies are so stimulating.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Applause waits on success.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

If I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we didn’t – to use one of Justice Antonin Scalia’s favorite expressions – ‚Get over it!‘

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.