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

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

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

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

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

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

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.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

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

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

If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

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.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

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.'

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.