Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

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

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

The world does not pay men for that which they 'know'. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

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