A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

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.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Fake it until you make it.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

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

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

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

Please all, and you will please none.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

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

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

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.