They're only truly great who are truly good.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

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.

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.

Evaluate what you want -- because what gets measured, gets produced.

Evaluate what you want -- because what gets measured, gets produced.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to read more

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's
a disgrace.

Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.

Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.