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

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

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.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Americans never quit.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.

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

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it’s not just my way or the highway.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there’s such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

We work to become, not to acquire.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

I dwell in possibility.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

If the team keeps changing then everything has to keep changing.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them – all of the lawmakers – have hearts to do what’s right, and they all are passionate about it.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

We’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and ‚play the game,‘ and these are the best of training for any game of life.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Applause waits on success.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.