Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’.

There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.

If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied, is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work, is to love what you do.

The man who moves a mountain, begins by carrying away small stones.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.

The two most important days in your life is the day you were born and the day you find out why.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

If you compromise, and then you succeed, that's another kind of feeling. But if you compromise and fail, it's two failures at least.

That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

If you are humble enough to admit to your flaws then you are capable of correcting them.

The same things we've done the past couple of seasons. We've worked on the engine and clutch. We'll try and pick up the performance and consistency of the car and go back out there.

I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I dont have birthday parties because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while Im blowing out candles gives me hives.

Your mindset matters. It affects everything from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.

We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

Hopefully it will be possible to get all our other albums in American shops one day so if people are interested they can hear it but I'm hoping that people are going to be interested in what we are going to do, not just what we've done.

My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella it's fast, all-out comedies, such as the 'Shopaholic' series.

Its not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

I was lucky enough to marry a wonderful chef.

I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I'm never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I'm completely aware of their schedule, and they're with someone I trust.

In Las Vegas, nothing ends very well.

While many people overseas envy Korea's development, it is true that society has many problems such as economic polarization and a low birthrate.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

I want to get out there and do anything, but I still don't know about riding roller coasters. I've never been on one. There is something about being strapped in and on a track; I always feel like we're going to be launched off somewhere.

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

I have been in many countries, and I have found there people examining their own love of life, sense of peril, their own common sense. The one thing they cannot understand is why that same love of life, sense of peril and above all common sense, is not invariably shared among their leaders and rulers.

A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the forests indiscriminately without suffering greatly.

When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

Fiction is able to do one thing better than any other art form: it is able to convey a convincing sense of what is going on in someone else's head. To me, that is the great mystery of life: what is everyone else thinking?

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing.