I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

It matters not what goal you seek It's secret here reposes; You've got to dig from week to week To get Results and Roses.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

I just want God’s will. And He’s allowed to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promise land . . . So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation for the finer things in life.