"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high."

"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind."

"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."

"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

"Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable."

"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed."

"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."