Stay self-funded as long as possible.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it

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.

To reach a port, we must sail

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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 bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.

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

When you go to buy, don’t show your silver

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

Hire character. Train skill.

Careful thinking and hard work will solve nearly all your problems. Try and see for yourself.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.