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

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Only you can control your future.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

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

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

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

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

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.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

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

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.