Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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

You can say anything to anyone, but how you say it will determine how they will react.

Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

Nine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan

Success is not what you have, but who you are.

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory

Building a castle is difficult. Defending and maintaining it is harder still.