Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.

Business opportunities are like buses

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Years teach us more than books.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.

I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I’m doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.