The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

They're only crayons. You didn't fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?

Your greatest challenges bring out your greatest potential.

Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself."

The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.

An inability to choose is a hallmark of anxiety... The too-anxious artist, afraid to choose, will halt dead in the water.

I am me. I have to define myself. I'm going to stand up at the back of the train and take control of my future.

Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.

Dance... enjoy each step along the way.