That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in, and the best of me is diligence.

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

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take for better, for worse, as his portion; that, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

Faced with a mountain, I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over it, find a path through it, tunnel under it, or simply stay and turn it into a gold mine.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.