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.

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

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

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

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

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

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.

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

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

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

Fake it until you make it.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

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

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

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.