Always to seek to conquer myself rather than fortune, to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to believe that nothing except our thoughts is wholly under our control, so that after we have done our best in external matters, what remains to be done is absolutely impossible, at least as far as we are concerned.

If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.

Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.

above all, I want to demonstrate that success doesn’t have to come at someone else’s expense.” In

Believe in yourself. Negotiate for yourself. Own your own success

I wonder if The Lesson is that, in order to succeed, I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself, and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

If you don’t give anything, don’t expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Greater in battle
than the man who would conquer
a thousand-thousand men,
is he who would conquer
just one — himself.
Better to conquer yourself
than others.
When you've trained yourself,
living in constant self-control,
neither a deva nor gandhabba,
nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,
could turn that triumph
back into defeat.

You've got to find it (the path to wealth) on your own...No one else can find it for you.

I’m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I’m going to succeed as myself.

Success is no accident or serendipity. I had all the odds against me, and I crushed each and everyone along the way. Not because I was a Democrat or a Republican. Not because of my attitudes about social issues. Not because of what my background is or isn’t. Not because people think I’m a nice guy. I succeeded because I’m a capitalist, I’m an entrepreneur, and I’m a warrior. That is the mindset I want to teach others so they can create their own wealth and American success story.