If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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

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

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Genius is eternal patience.

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

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

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.