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

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

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

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

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

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

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

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

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

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

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

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.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

He who thinks little errs much

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

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