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.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

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

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

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

What one has to do usually can be done.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

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?

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

Advertising is legalized lying.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

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

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.