We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

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

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

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.

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

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each others‘ negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

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

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

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.

When the first big paycheque with ‚Dumb And Dumber‘ hit, I went: ‚Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?‘ But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

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.

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 problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

My success rate speaks for itself.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don’t think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.

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.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

When you create circumstances together, when you try everything, then you can lose. But you need to show the importance.

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.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.