I am easily satisfied with the very best.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

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.

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

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

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.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

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

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

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

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.