Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.