No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

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

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

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

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

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

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

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.

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.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

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

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.