I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

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

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

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

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

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

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

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

Well done is better than well said.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

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