The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

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.

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

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.