Action is the foundational key to all success.

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

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.

Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

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

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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

When things go wrong don't go with them

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.