Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Fail often so you can succeed sooner.

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Years teach us more than books.

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

Hire character. Train skill.

If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

Everything started as nothing.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.