No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!
It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
