Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

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

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

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

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

What one has to do usually can be done.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.