"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion; the other, self-denial."

"I have never seen pessimists make anything work, or contribute anything of lasting value."

"I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances."

"Confidence -- thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live."

"A bold heart is half the battle."

"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and provide for it."

"A wise person does at once what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, only at different times."

"Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds."

"Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier."

"Strength does not come from physical capability. It comes from an indomitable will."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."