You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

Fake it until you make it.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

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

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

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

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.