Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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.
It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.
All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals.
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.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
God sells us all things at the price of labor.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Listen if you want to be heard
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
You can't make souffle rise twice.