Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid.

Ever notice how it’s a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents? Someone is making a penny on the deal.

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.

Stay self-funded as long as possible.

What is not started will never get finished

Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.

Example is not the main thing in influencing other people; it’s the only thing.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

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.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom

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.

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

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

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.

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

There’s an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, ‘It’s not the right time just yet.’ There’s no such thing as a good time. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.