The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

Action

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Choice

It is always your next move.

Control

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.

Desire

The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Enjoyment

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Excellence

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

Failure

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Fear

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Goals

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Ideas

Ideas... they have the power…

Imagination

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

Integrity

There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.

Mind

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

Money

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Peace

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.

Perseverance

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Planning

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Procrastination

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Riches

Think and grow rich.

Success

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Truth

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.