One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
When things go wrong don't go with them
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
Only you can control your future.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
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
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves