All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

He who thinks little errs much

Please all, and you will please none.

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.'

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

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

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

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

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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

Listen if you want to be heard

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

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.