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

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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

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

He who thinks little errs much

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

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

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

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

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

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

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

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

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.