The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

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

Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

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

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

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

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

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

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

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

What one has to do usually can be done.

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

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.