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.

I don’t know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

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

When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

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.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Applause waits on success.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

There’s been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I’ve always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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

On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That’s OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it’s not guaranteed.

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

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

There are definitely designers that I love, people I love to work with. And who they are as people matters. Are they good people? Do they treat their staff well? Do they treat my staff well? Are they young? Can I give them a boost? But when all of that is equal… is it cute?

It’s insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it’s assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It’s that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he’s telling you something about his own life. It’s so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Doing graphic novels is cool! It’s fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.

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

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

You’ve got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you’ve got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

All of my records, I produced, put together completely. All of them. Maybe Drake might come with an idea, and I might finish it. You gotta remember what a producer is. Quincy Jones is a producer.

I’ve always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks – you learn craft, you learn structure, all that – as you go.

As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they’re in the kitchen cooking. So it’s understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

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

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

If you deserve it, go get it.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.