Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Some people don’t like you just because your strength reminds them of their weakness. Don’t let the hate slow you down.
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 dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?
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.
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.