The first thing you have to do is throw yourself into whatever it is you're doing.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation, As my two eyes make one in sight.

I won't have it, in poetry, that bulk counts. People say to me, 'Now settle down and do a long work, since you have shown the public that you can produce beautiful short poetry.' And their implication tells me that making two verses or a short poem does not satisfy their concept of what an accomplished poet should be able to do. Bulk they want, as evidence of a man's power.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.

I respect scholarship. But I don't like to do things half-heartedly.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximumutilization of the ability that you have.

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons: we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

You don't have to be great to start. But you do have to start to be great.

Spirit doesn't blame for work not done. Life doesn't depend on whether something gets done or not. Work isn't the source of happiness. Your attitude toward your work, not the task itself, comes first.