The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
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
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
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.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.