If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Well done is better than well said.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

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

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

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

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'