No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.
“Make something people want” includes making a company that people want to work for.
Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
There’s nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity. Increase contact with customers. The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities.
Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity.
Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment.
Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers.