I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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

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

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

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

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.