Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

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

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

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

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

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

Fake it until you make it.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

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.

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.