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

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

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

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

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

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

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

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

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

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?