There is no failure except in no longer trying.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

Never, never, never give up.

If I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.

I got a signed document from Bullock’s saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock’s!

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show – that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

You have to be tough and have a lot of faith.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

As is the case with most people in this game, I am driven by financial motives and creative motives; the question I had to answer is which motive I will give priority to?

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

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

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

My life is a struggle.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don’t know what’s goin‘ on, I then got the money, and gone.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

Life begins on the other side of despair.