"Do not fear when your enemies criticize you. Beware when they applaud."
"Get mocked at for as much as you can, fail as much as you can but don't quit. Let every mockery, every failure, be a source of inspiration for you to reach for greatness and that greatness will silence your critics."
"Aim for the moon. If you miss it, you may hit a star.
"Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away. Move on to something else that's more productive."
"Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes; the swing in your gait, the grip of your hand. The Irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."
"Only those who are asleep make no mistakes."
"You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress."
"What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal."
"It is always the start that requires the greatest effort."
"Work hard, have fun and make history."
"I don't think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
"The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life."
"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember you can achieve."
"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It's best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations."
"Be thankful for what you have, you will end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough."
"Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure."
"All my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it."
"Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always, America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward."
"You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in."
"Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things."
"Life is all about learning and one of the most memorable ways of learning something is by messing up."
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."
"If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets."
"If you have made mistakes, even serious ones; there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down."
"I have taken more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life; and that is why I succeed."
"Do you know that within your power lies every step you ever dreamed of stepping and within your power lies every joy you ever dreamed of seeing? Within yourself lies everything you ever dreamed of being. Become everything that God wants you to be. It is within your reach. Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me."
"Be the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment, own it."
"Hell, there are no rules here. We are trying to accomplish something."
"I have had all the disadvantages required for success."
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
"When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure."
"I find my greatest pleasure and so my reward, in the work that preceded what the world calls success."
"Never be ashamed! There's some who will hold it against you, but they are not worth bothering with."
"Every great man; every successful man no matter what field of endeavor has known the magic that lies in these words. Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."
"Think about it, no one can win a race in which he had given up. You can't win a battle for which you have surrendered."
"Behind every adversity is an opportunity. If you lament over the adversity, you will miss the opportunity."
"Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves."
"Failure is just a resting place. It is an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
"When you are the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you are basically saying, I'm right and everyone else is wrong.' That's a very unpleasant position to be in. It's at once exhilaration and the same time an invitation to be attacked."
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumble bee doesn't know this so it goes on flying."
"Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve."
"Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be."
"You have to act and act now."
"Dare to risk public Criticism"
"If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years."
"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts."
"You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest."
"Sometimes by losing a battle, you will find a new way to win the war."
"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."
"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a road block, take a detour."
