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 superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
Please all, and you will please none.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs
What one has to do usually can be done.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
Listen if you want to be heard
It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.
