I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

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

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

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

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

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.

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

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure

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

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.