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.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

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

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

What one has to do usually can be done.

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.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Great companies are built on great products.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

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

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

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

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.