Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

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

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

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

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

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.

The loftiest towers rise from the ground.

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

Leaders don’t force people to follow, they invite them on a journey.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great

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.

Happiness is not a goal, but a by-product.

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

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

He who begins many things finishes but few

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

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

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge.