Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

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

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

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.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Only you can control your future.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

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

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.