A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

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

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

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

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

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

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

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

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

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

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

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.

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

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight