What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, ‚Why god? Why me?‘ and the thundering voice of God answered, ‚There’s just something about you that pisses me off.‘

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

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

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

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

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

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

I’m not going to stop having problems.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

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.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.

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.

There’s no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don’t try to adapt it, make it commercial.

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go.

If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they’re gonna do it.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

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

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.