Please all, and you will please none.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

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

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

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

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

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.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals