Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Only you can control your future.

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

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

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 successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Listen if you want to be heard

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.