Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
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.
Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal
What I cannot create, I do not understand.
Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure
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 can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
