Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

Time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern.

Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth.

there's no art but has some business to it and no business but some art.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'

The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I ask actors to work.

It is horrible to sit in front of the keyboard and write those scenes because you're losing too. You lose somebody you enjoy working with.