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

I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

People have this capacity within them to set the world straight.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

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.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

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.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it’s one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

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

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

Without failure there is no achievement.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

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.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

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.

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

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

As you think, so shall you become.

If I can be a leader, I will.

A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.