From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Percentages are why I am rich.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

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

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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

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

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Listen if you want to be heard

Genius is eternal patience.

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

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

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

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.