Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.

Fake it until you make it.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

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.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

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

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

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.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.