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

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

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Please all, and you will please none.

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

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

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

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

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

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

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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

Genius is eternal patience.

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

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.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.