A ship in harbor is safe. But that’s now what ships are built for.

Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.

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.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Building and hanging on to an audience is the biggest role of social media.

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

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

It takes humility to realize that we don’t know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing. If we don’t, we can be sure some startup will be there to take our place.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It's that simple.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

All of my friends were doing babysitting jobs. I wanted money without the job.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Happiness is not a goal, but a by-product.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

Start today, not tomorrow. If anything, you should have started yesterday.

The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

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