All wealth is the product of labor.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

You shape your own destiny.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.