Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

Only you can control your future.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

When things go wrong don't go with them

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

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

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

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

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.