Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

I’ve had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

I’m not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can’t afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they’re worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

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

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

The doer alone learneth.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

From caring comes courage.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

It is always your next move.

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.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

My dad used to have an expression – ‚It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.‘

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin‘.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.