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.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

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

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

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