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.

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.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.