No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used them...
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
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.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves
Genius is eternal patience.
Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?
