Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is likely to neither make money nor find much fun in life.

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

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there’s nothing lost.

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.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.