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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Don't count the days. Make the days count.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

80 percent of success is showing up.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Impossible is a word found only in the dictionary of fools.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential — these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Well done is better than well said.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

The first draft of anything is garbage.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. Why? Because when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.

Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

Be like water making its way through cracks.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment — is to live dangerously.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success as the quality of perseverance.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.