No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Nothing will work unless you do.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

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

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.