One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

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

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

Genius is eternal patience.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Only you can control your future.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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

Fake it until you make it.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

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

Change yourself and your work will seem different.