It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

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.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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

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.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.