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

Advertising is legalized lying.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

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

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

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.