It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

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.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

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.

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

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

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

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.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

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

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

You can observe a lot just by watching.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Fake it until you make it.