Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.
If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.
Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful. But mirrors have an uncanny way of telling the truth.
If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
He looked at her. She was pretty still, with thick hair and soft eyes, and she moved so gracefully that it almost seemed as though she were gliding. He'd seen beautiful women before, though, women who caught his eye, but to his mind, they usually lacked the traits he found most desirable. Traits like intelligence, confidence, strength of spirit, passion, traits that inspired others to greatness, traits he aspired to himself.