Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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.
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.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.
Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
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.
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
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.
Nothing will work unless you do.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
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.
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.