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

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

If you get knocked down – setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don’t hire you – keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don’t.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Man is not made for defeat.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

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.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

I started the site when I was 19. I didn’t know much about business back then.

I love big business!

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

My mother and my father have been married 50 years, and he’s just started to understand that something’s wrong with the system. He accepted the whole thing, you see. Yet this industrious kind of engagement didn’t bring him the success, according to American terms, that he wanted. I was probably affected by this very much. In fact, I know I was.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

What is once well done is done forever.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

In truth, I did enjoy the benefits of a Harvard connection.

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.

Only you can control your future.

I teach children to be winners.

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.

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.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

As far as I’m concerned, I’m a writer who’s writing books, and therefore, I don’t want to die. You’d miss the end of the book wouldn’t you? You can’t die with an unfinished book.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

The difference between us and them, between you and success, is not that you never fail, but it’s how you recover from those failures – is that you keep getting up time and time again. You figure out what you did wrong, and then you make it right. I say that to my kids every day.

I do believe in self-help.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

It is natural to want to have a future.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That’s a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.

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.