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

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

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Percentages are why I am rich.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

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

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

The world does not pay men for that which they 'know'. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.

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

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

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.