Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.

I want to follow my dreams. I want to make sure that I put myself first and accomplish what I need to accomplish.

Success, to me, is just doing things that I'm really proud of.

I get to define for myself what being a success is.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be.

Unfortunately, unless we're focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

I have the greatest life in the world because I created it.