The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.
Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world.
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?
Secret your purposes, and you shall have the world at your feet.
I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.
With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world.
I have united the world under one rule. Let the achievements of the past be surpassed.
I am the First Emperor, and my successors shall be numbered accordingly for ten thousand generations.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
I want to put a ding in the universe.
In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.
The world is yours.
Me, I want what's coming to me. The world, chico, and everything in it.
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
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.
I would rather be first in a village than second in Rome.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power. In all other cases, observe it.
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
