No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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

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

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

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

Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

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

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

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.