Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.

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.

He who thinks little errs much

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

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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

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

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

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

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

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

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