No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

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

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Only you can control your future.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.