No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

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

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

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've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

You can observe a lot just by watching.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.