Success

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.

Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

80 percent of success is showing up.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Impossible is a word found only in the dictionary of fools.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself.

Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential — these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Only he who knows his weakness will ever become strong.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Well done is better than well said.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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

It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

Courage is grace under pressure.

The first draft of anything is garbage.

Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you.

The key to success is failure.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. Why? Because when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

To find a needle in a haystack is simple; you just have to remove the hay.

Be like water making its way through cracks.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment — is to live dangerously.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Your past does not equal your future.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

It is not what we get, but who we become, what we contribute — that gives meaning to our lives.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success as the quality of perseverance.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

The major key to your better future is you.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

People often say motivation doesn't last. Neither does bathing — that's why we recommend it daily.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.