Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
Only you can control your future.
Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.
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
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.
This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
Advertising is legalized lying.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.