For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
You can't make souffle rise twice.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Well done is better than well said.
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.