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

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

When things go wrong don't go with them

Great companies are built on great products.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

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

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used them...

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

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