Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced
Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it
Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk
A lot of the time the experts, the people who are supposed to be able to tell you what to do, will tell you that you can't do something even when you know you can. And a lot of the time it's your friends ... who tell you you can do it
Don't tell people how to do things; tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home
It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it
Education, actual learning--it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work
I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from
If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward