One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

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

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.