When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

To make headway, improve your head.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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.

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

It confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

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?

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

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!

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.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

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

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

Basically, when you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

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

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.