To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

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

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

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

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

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.