Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company

Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser’s excuse.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

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.

Building a castle is difficult. Defending and maintaining it is harder still.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

I don’t have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.

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

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.

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

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.

Be really picky with your hiring, and hire the absolute best people you possibly can. People are the most important component of almost every business, and attracting the best talent possible is going to make a huge difference.