We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another.

My mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

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

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that’s the mercy you’re going to be receiving.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

Nobody is my boss.

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.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

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

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children – and the next day, it’s completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that’s when I had to man up.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

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.

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Success is not a stop sign.