The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.

We don't need more time. We need to use the time we already have differently.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.

I punish myself for my whole life, my whole life I punish.

I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.

Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.

I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.

I can't really say that film music inspired me; it is more the films themselves, in connection with the music.

Man is not an organism; he is an intelligence served by organs.

Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.