To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
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.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.
What one has to do usually can be done.
The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
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.
Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.