What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
There's a way to do it better - find it.
Real artists ship.
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.
You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.
If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.
Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.
Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.