Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

He who thinks little errs much

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

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.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

What one has to do usually can be done.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

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

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

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

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.