The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

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

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

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

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.

Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

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

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

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

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

I’m interested in what motivates individuals to participate in atrocious acts to support their ideological identification.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

I kept writing not because I felt I was so good, but because I felt they were so bad, including Shakespeare, all those. The stilted formalism, like chewing cardboard.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

You can say that 2016 was my finest. It went well for the national team, started by winning the SAFF Cup, we reached the finals of AFC Cup, we reached the semis of ISL. I think it was a fruitful season.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Winning – that’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.