"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."

"The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?"

"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."