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

Action is the foundational key to all success.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

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

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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.

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

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