“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ”

“The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.”

“Don’t give up! It’s not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back.”

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day’s success.”

“It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past … entangling themselves in what they were pleased to call the “problem” of Queen Elizabeth. They invented the most complicated and astonishing reasons both for her success as a sovereign and for her tortuous matrimonial policy. She was the tool of Burleigh, she was the tool of Leicester, she was the fool of Essex; she was diseased, she was deformed, she was a man in disguise. She was a mystery, and must have some extraordinary solution. Only recently has it occrurred to a few enlightened people that the solution might be quite simple after all. She might be one of the rare people were born into the right job and put that job first.”

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. Thats the essence of it.”

“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”

“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.”

“I do not like to repeat successes I like to go on to other things.”

“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”

“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.”

“It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.”