A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

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

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

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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

Please all, and you will please none.

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...

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.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.