What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

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

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

The loftiest towers rise from the ground.

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

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

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

If plan ‘A’ fails

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

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