Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

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

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

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

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

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

Percentages are why I am rich.

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

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

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

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

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

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.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.