The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
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.
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.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day of your life.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.
God sells us all things at the price of labor.
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
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.