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

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

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

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

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

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

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.

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

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.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.