When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.

Bitterness is cancer – it eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I’m always going to feel everything. It’s my nature.

Success is not a stop sign.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.

Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can’t move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

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

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

When I’m in the studio, I’m looking for creativity I haven’t matched yet, a feeling I haven’t felt. It’s a high.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

You want to do good things, and once you’ve done a couple of good things in a row, you think ‚Well gee, let’s not mess this up.‘ But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

I’m always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it’s really nasty there but it’s not.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I believe the destiny of your generation – and your nation – is a rendezvous with excellence.

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

You don’t want to pigeonhole yourself.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.