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

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

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.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

He who thinks little errs much

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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

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

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.