The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

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.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

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

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

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day of your life.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great