Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

Be quick, but don't hurry.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

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

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

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

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

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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.

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

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

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.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....