Soichiro Honda

Hard work without talent is a lot better than talent without hard work.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

Engineering problems cannot be solved by reciting formulas; they require creative thinking.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've done before.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

On his deathbed: Keep challenging yourself, even in the face of failure.