Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

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

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

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

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

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

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

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

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

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.