Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

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

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

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

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

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

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.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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.