The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
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.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
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.'
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
