I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used them...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

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

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

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

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

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.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Good things happen to those who hustle.