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 sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day of your life.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used them...

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

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

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.