While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

The real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

I’m convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I’ve done that sort of thing in my life, but I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don’t know why. Because they’re harder. They’re much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

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.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

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

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

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.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

All my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

This lady is not for turning.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

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

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

I am proud of having done what I’ve done. Very proud.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.