The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

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

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

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

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.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

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

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

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

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Genius is eternal patience.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

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

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great