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

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

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

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

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

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

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

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.