A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

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

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

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.'

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Listen if you want to be heard

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

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

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.