Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.
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.
I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
Percentages are why I am rich.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
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.
Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.
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.
