Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them, “Certainly I can!”. Then get busy and find out how to do it.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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.
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.