The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
