By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

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

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Advertising is legalized lying.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

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

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.