Inspiration

There is only one boss: The Customer. And they can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending their money elsewhere.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence & determination are omnipotent

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act but a habit.

I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it

I'm just trying to be like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience and learn from it. Life is never dull

There is hardly anything in the world that some can't make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking

If you don't make a total commitment to what you’re doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when one guy stands up and starts putting on his jacket

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out