I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
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.
Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve 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.
Well done is better than well said.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
You reach a point where you don't work for money.
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day of your life.
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
