One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

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.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

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

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

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.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Genius is eternal patience.

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

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

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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