All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

Good design is good business.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

A manager is an assistant to his men.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out.

Treat each case as an individual case, and give every man an opportunity to earn just as much money as he is capable of earning.

You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that its very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

To be successful you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

If you stand up and be counted from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes make all you can. Because remember thats where youll find success on the far side of failure.

If you want to achieve excellence you can get there today. As of this second quit doing less than excellent work.

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

This acting was very hard work.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless you do it through catalogs or the Internet, and I like to touch and try on the things I buy.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

The nature of the task needs to be renewed so people just don't feel that all the hard work is in the same groove all the time, under the same circumstances and in the same environment.

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work.

I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in.

I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.

My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that.