Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

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

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

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

Genius is eternal patience.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

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

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

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

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

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

When things go wrong don't go with them

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

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

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.