The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.
No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
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.
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
You can't make souffle rise twice.
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
