Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

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

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

You have to be someone.

Well done is better than well said.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

A man makes you feel important – makes you glad you are a woman.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can’t wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

There is no substitute for victory.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

To make headway, improve your head.

‚Your Erroneous Zones’ was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.