A goal is a dream with a deadline.

If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there’s nothing lost.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

A person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

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

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

Don’t be trapped by dogma

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

If you think that you are going to love something, give it a try. You’re going to kick yourself in the butt for the rest of your life if you don’t.

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

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

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

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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.

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

Openly share and talk to people about your idea. Use their lack of interest or doubt to fuel your motivation to make it happen.

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