I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.
Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Fake it until you make it.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off
