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

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

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

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

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