It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

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

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

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

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.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

When things go wrong don't go with them

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

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.

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

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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

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

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic