Genius is eternal patience.
Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure
I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
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 difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
