Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

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

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

Fail often so you can succeed sooner.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Stay self-funded as long as possible.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Start today, not tomorrow. If anything, you should have started yesterday.

Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful because they love doing it.

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

You should always stay hungry. Stay hungry, so you can eat.