There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
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.
Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone
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.
Genius is eternal patience.
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country