The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

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.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

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

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

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

He who thinks little errs much

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

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

Great companies are built on great products.