Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
What I cannot create, I do not understand.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic