I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
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I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Where focus goes, energy flows.
Explore this next great frontier where the boundaries between work and higher purpose are merging into one, where doing good really is good for business.
When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.
By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be.
When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.
I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.
I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.
The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret
Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.
Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.
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