The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

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

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

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

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.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day of your life.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

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?

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.