“The secret of success is focus of purpose.”

Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.

I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.

What you are will show in what you do.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.

When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

Consider data without prejudice.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

A man’s best friend is a good wife.

Focusing is all about saying no.

Focusing is about saying No.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.

If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.