Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Great companies are built on great products.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.