If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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 is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
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.
Be quick, but don't hurry.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.
It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
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.
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.