It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

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

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

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

Only you can control your future.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

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

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

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.

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

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

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.