Ed Koch Quotes

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.

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

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken.

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

President Barack Obama is a doer. And we in America will do big things with him.

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

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

The more we do, the more we can do.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

No matter our age, circumstances, or abilities, each one of us can create something remarkable of his life.

This is the true glory, and long will it gleam upon our forward path.

Okay, we've won. What do we do now?

I hope that I helped to build a fierce pride in what we are and what we can do if we set our minds to it.

By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous.

Whether it is a small thing or big one, step-by-step you can make things happen.

Graduation is an important day. It is a significant achievement.

Winning the World Cup was a dream come true after so many years of wanting something so bad. After that final whistle, I dropped to the ground on my knees and got emotional.

Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter.

There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.