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.

If you ain’t making waves, you ain’t kickin’ hard enough

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: Spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.

Lend your friend $20. If he doesn’t pay you back then he’s not your friend. Money well spent.

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.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.

The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

What is not started will never get finished

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

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

Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company’s mission.

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

I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.