The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

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

You can't make souffle rise twice.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

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

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.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.