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

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.

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

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.