You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.

Peaces comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

The one hand trying to wash itself is a pitiful spectacle, but when one hand washes the other, power is increased, and it becomes a force to be reckoned with.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.