Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

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.

If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

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

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Hope is a waking dream.

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.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.

If you’re put on a pedestal, you’re supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

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

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!