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.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

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

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

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.'

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

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

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.