Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Genius is eternal patience.
Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
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.
A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
He who thinks little errs much
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.