In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.

Everyone gets knocked back, no one rises smoothly to the top without hindrance. The ones who succeed are those who say, right, let’s give it another go.

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer.

Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

I've never seen such a bunch of apple-eaters.

I think it's cool to provoke something in people.

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

I'm never happier than when I'm part of an ensemble. The rhythm of working in a group and the dynamic of each individual relationship within that group coming together is such a special thing.

From beginning to end this is a wet and blood smeared voyage, this begetting and birthing and moving away.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.