“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. ”

— Vince Lombardi

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American football player, coach, and executive 1913–1970

Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) United States long-distance runner

Tom Jordan, Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine, ISBN 0875964575

“You have to do what's best for you and what's going to make you happy at the end of the day, because no one can live with the consequences or anything that comes with your decision besides you.”

LeBron James (1984) American basketball player

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”

Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)

This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false.
Misattributed

“You have no alternative, and if you wish to live in honor, then this can be accomplished only by returning to your religion to religion and to jihad against your enemies.”

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 22 August 2018 (date of quote)
2014, 2018, Statement released in Arabic, 22 August 2018
Source: In a public statement by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the first in a year, he calls on his supporters to carry out terrorist attacks worldwide, mainly in Western countries. He mentions shooting, stabbing and ramming attacks as well as detonation of IEDs. https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/microsoft-wordin-public-statement-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-first-year-calls-supporters-carry-terrorist-attacks-worldwide-mainly-western-countries-ment/, The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 27 August 2018

“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”

Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet

“If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

“Live within your income; spend less than you get; pay as you go.”

Scott Nearing (1883–1983) American activist

Attributed to Scott Nearing by Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1993), p. 104 https://books.google.com/books?id=1pM2aj5YqZkC&pg=PA104

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) American psychologist

As quoted in Perfecting Private Practice (2004) by Joan Neehall-Davidson, p. 95.
1970s and later
Source: book The Farther Reaches of Human

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“The less [government] the better. As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed… That's all the government should be: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines…I think a lot of people are afraid of freedom. They want their lives to be controlled, to be put into a box… Why should someone put a limit on how much fun I can have, how much I can accomplish?”

Drew Carey (1958) American actor, comedian, game show host, libertarian and photographer

Advocates for Self Government Carey quote http://www.self-gov.org/carey.html
Reason Magazine Interview http://reason.com/9711/fe.int.carey.shtml

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. ”

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