The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‚Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.

Let the path be open to talent.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

There’s a long way to fall when you pretend that you’re so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that’s protected by fame or success. It’s scary, and it’s the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

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

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

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

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Our work is never over.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

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 secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

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.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

Affluence means influence.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Few people realize that luck is created.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.