It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.