Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

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.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Great companies are built on great products.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

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

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