An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.

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.

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

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

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.

Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.

If you’re not living life on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

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

Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.

Example is not the main thing in influencing other people; it’s the only thing

When you go to buy, don’t show your silver

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.