If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

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.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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

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

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.