The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I’m a can-do girl.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

America is another name for opportunity.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

If you’re waiting for the perfect moment, you’ll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There’s nothing foolproof.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Most of us believe, or should believe, that every child can learn, given the opportunity, but try substitute teaching just once and you will see firsthand the socioeconomic issues that distract our kids from taking advantage of that opportunity.

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.