“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

“You’ve got to stop doing all the things that people have tried, tested, and found out don’t work.

“One can get anything if he is willing to help enough others get what they want.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

“I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.

“Hire character. Train skill.

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.

“The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.