Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

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

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals.

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

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Advertising is legalized lying.

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