“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“The formula is quite simple: The more action you take, the more results you get.”

“There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.”

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”

“Ideas, preparation, knowledge, and wisdom are all but useless without action, because action is the starting point of all progress.”

“Nothing happens until something moves.”

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you had better start running.”

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

“Progress always involves risk; you can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.”

“The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work - if you don’t work.”

“Hard work is never a waste. No one will say, “It is too bad he was such a good, hard worker.” But if you aren’t they will surely say, “It’s too bad he was so lazy - he could have been so much more!” Hard work will leave a grand legacy. Give it your all on your trip around the earth. You will do a lot of good and leave a terrific legacy.”

“Successful people take the long term view. 98% of the world looks for short term gratification.”

“Opportunities are usually disguised by hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”

“The reason most individuals do not achieve more is because they do not attempt more.”

“People would do nothing, if they waited until they could do it so well that no one would find fault with what they have done.”

“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.”

“Thinking alone will not get the job done. It will not enhance your relationships or earn you more income. You must take action and, if that does not work, you must persist until it does or persist in finding a new and better way.”

“The only things that stand between people and what they want from life, is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.”