The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

You have a viable business only if your product is either better or cheaper than the alternatives. If it’s not one or the other, you might make some money at first, but it’s not a sustainable business.

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.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.

Nine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

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

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

Success is not what you have, but who you are.

Success is doing what you want, where you want, when you want, with whom you want as much as you want.

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.