When things go wrong don't go with them

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

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

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

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

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

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

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.