True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

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....

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

Percentages are why I am rich.

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

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

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

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone