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

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

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

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

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.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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.'

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Great companies are built on great products.