Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

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

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

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

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals.

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.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

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.

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

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

Action is the foundational key to all success.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

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

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

The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.

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.