Isaac Newton

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others.

To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.

Better an ‘oops’ than a ‘what if’.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Do first things first, and second things not at all.

I’m really clear about what my life mission is now. There’s no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I’ve returned to the athlete I once was. I’m integrating all the parts of me – jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher – and becoming stronger as a result.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot have, but perseverance all can have.