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

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.

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.

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

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.

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in.

Most don't live inside their heads as a writer does, having conversations with her own ideas.

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

I've worked really hard, but it's definitely not been easy.

Happiness is the byproduct of fulfilled dreams.

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

I couldn't date someone who didn't like dogs. There are exceptions to the rule, but I find that if someone doesn't like animals, I am a little suspicious of them.

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they're going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.

On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.

I've always liked the idea of regularly doing a play but I was offered things which I felt were too 'celebie' and West Endy.

The longer you work on something, the more you don't really want to know what the world is going to tell you.

It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.

While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow's supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

I try to avoid large crowds.

You become the movie you are making.