Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

No man was ever wise by chance.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

The sun is gone, but I have a light.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

To lead people walk behind them.

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

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

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

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

I don’t go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, ‚Let’s see if I can get this done today.‘

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn’t that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I’d already been translating French poetry, I’d been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went.

I’m a wandering gypsy.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg – I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

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.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.