The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.

It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission

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.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

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

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

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

Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time than now to get going. That doesn’t mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100% from day one, but there’s always small progress that can be made to start the movement.

The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.

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

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

I don’t have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.

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