The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

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

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

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

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

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

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

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.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.