"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality."

"Towering genius disdains a beaten path...It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction."

"When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past?"

"If we have our own 'why' of life, we can clear almost any 'how.'"

"Wherever we look upon this earth, opportunities take shape within the problems."

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

"The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.' "

"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

"We can chart the path to the future clearly and wisely only when we know the path that has led to the present."

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

"A company is an organic, living breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind."

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not...the world is full of educated derelicts."

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."

"Give your workers more sophisticated jobs along with better tools, and you'll discover your employees will become more responsible and bring more intelligence to their work."

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."

"Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision."

"You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself."