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.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

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

Nothing will work unless you do.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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.

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

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

He who thinks little errs much

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

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.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

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

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.