If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

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

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

Listen if you want to be heard

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

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

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

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

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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 reach a point where you don't work for money.