Thomas Carlyle Quotes

I can be president of the United States, and if I can do that, I can do anything.

Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

Kid, you'll move mountains.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've got.

I'm in a position where I can do many things most people just daydream about.

He can be as good as he wants to be; that's how good he can be.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Who's more likely to succeed - someone with high skill and no ambition, or no skill and high ambition? If you're an entrepreneur, you can hire as many skilled people for your business as you want.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

This is the greatest country in the world for people who want to work, but we have to make sure that this is always true..

If you work hard and perform well, it doesn't matter whether you're 20 or 40. People are going to follow, and you can go in there and run the show.

I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.

When you look down in history, whether it was The Rock or Stone Cold, they are the perfect example that you can be given the ball, but you then have to run with it.

Extreme people combine brilliance and talent with an insane work ethic.