No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
What I cannot create, I do not understand.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
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?
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Only you can control your future.
Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.