I am easily satisfied with the very best.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

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

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

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

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

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

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

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

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.