A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
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.
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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 you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
