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

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

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

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

Only you can control your future.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

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.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.