We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus‘ success in the spreadsheet – basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

We Americans… bear the ark of liberties of the world.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Success is not a stop sign.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

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.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

If you choose to do something, attack it. You can hate me, but there’s one thing you can’t say about me – that I didn’t attack it.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of ‚I know.‘ Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Fortune befriends the bold.

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.

It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

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.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

Let the path be open to talent.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.