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

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

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Listen if you want to be heard

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.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

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

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

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

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