Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can’t are both right. Which one are you?
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.
Don’t find fault, find a remedy.
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
The object of living is work, experience, happiness.
The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.
Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.
In seeking to serve social needs because it makes good business sense to do so, a corporation is doing what it knows how to do best.
Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to survive and grow.
No society of nations, no people within a nation, no family can benefit through mutual aid unless good will exceeds ill will; unless the spirit of cooperation surpasses antagonism; unless we all see and act as though the other man’s welfare determines our own welfare.
Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress.
A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man.
We can’t take a slipshod and easygoing attitude toward education in this country. And by “we” I don’t mean “somebody else,” but I mean me and I mean you. It is the future of our country-yours and mine-which is at stake.