Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

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

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

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

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

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

What one has to do usually can be done.

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