It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste
A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.
Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
