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

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

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

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

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

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

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

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

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.