To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

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

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

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

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

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 five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.