There is little success where there is little laughter.
The battle of life is in most cases fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for there would be nothing to be achieved.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan in which we must fervently believe and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
If at first you don't succeed try try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time which is passing with strength which is only too limited.
There was a perception of me and I earned it because I was really intense really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor but it's not easy.