If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

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

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.