A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

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

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

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.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

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

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Percentages are why I am rich.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

Listen if you want to be heard