We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Passions are the gales of life.

Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

California has a special relationship with the Internet. Many of the core technologies that power the Internet were invented here. Many of the most successful online entrepreneurs and content creators – in business, the arts, and countless other endeavors – got their start here.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

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.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

My life is a struggle.

I’m afraid to fail again.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

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.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

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.‘

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

You can say that 2016 was my finest. It went well for the national team, started by winning the SAFF Cup, we reached the finals of AFC Cup, we reached the semis of ISL. I think it was a fruitful season.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

We all have the duty to do good.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.