The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.