Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

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?

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.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

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

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

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

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.

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.

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

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

There is little success where there is little laughter.