You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.

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

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma

To win without risk is to triumph without glory

You have a viable business only if your product is either better or cheaper than the alternatives. If it’s not one or the other, you might make some money at first, but it’s not a sustainable business.

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.

I learned not to worry so much about the outcome, but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.

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

Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

I learned not to worry so much about the outcome, but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.

If you’re not learning while you’re earning, you’re cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

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.

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

I didn’t go to college, but if I did, I would’ve taken all my tests at a restaurant, ’cause ‘The customer is always right.’

Be nice to geek’s, you’ll probably end up working for one

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

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

Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt.