If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.

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.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.

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

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

A bad workman blames his tools.

Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

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

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

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

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.

Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00—2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark $9,990.00.

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

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

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