A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

Stay self-funded as long as possible.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma

Building a castle is difficult. Defending and maintaining it is harder still.

One can get anything if he is willing to help enough others get what they want.

Hire character. Train skill.

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.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

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

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

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

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

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.