Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

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

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

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

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.