| Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. |
| Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. |
| Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. |
| After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. |
| Action is the foundational key to all success. |
| A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. - |
| It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. |
| The man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down as a failure. |
| Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. |
| Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. |