Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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?
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal
Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?
Great companies are built on great products.
I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
When things go wrong don't go with them
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!
This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.