The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves
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.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment
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.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
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.
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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!
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
