No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

The world does not pay men for that which they 'know'. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Percentages are why I am rich.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Genius is eternal patience.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.