Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

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

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.

All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals.

Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

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

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

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.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

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.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

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

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