Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
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.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
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.
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
Listen if you want to be heard
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
