Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.
Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
Fake it until you make it.
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.
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Genius is eternal patience.
Percentages are why I am rich.
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
What one has to do usually can be done.
I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
