The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted read more

The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted by the person who is doing it.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.

That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do read more

People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to read more

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is read more

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.