You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

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

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

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

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

We are what we believe we are.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

I’ve never been an intellectual but I have this look.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

As I followed my dream – stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired – I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

Life well spent is long.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

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.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All of our problems start in our minds.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort – I think it keeps you going.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

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

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I’ve – if it did occur – that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

I want people to draw strength from me.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

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

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

I never let schooling interfere with my education.