A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
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.
I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
The world does not pay men for that which they 'know'. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.
Great companies are built on great products.
Vision without execution is just hallucination.
There is little success where there is little laughter.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.