Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

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

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

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

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

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

He who thinks little errs much

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

Action is the foundational key to all success.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Genius is eternal patience.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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.