Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.

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

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

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.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

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