Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

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.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

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?

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

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

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