You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Boldness be my friend.

Read a record number of books in a given month. If you’re focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Enemies are so stimulating.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

If a person doesn’t change, there’s something really wrong with him.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

The real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

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

Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

People don’t usually compliment your character.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

To lead people walk behind them.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

You are not a problem that needs solving.

I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

Genius is patience.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.