The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Most 'impossible' goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite-size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.

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

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

I never think of the future

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

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

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

Try not to be a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

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

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.

If plan ‘A’ fails

You don’t buy a nice car and get rich you get rich and buy a nice car