Virgil

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don’t hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, ‘I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday’, that person cannot say, ‘I choose otherwise’.

Every man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential – unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.

Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

It’s easy to say no! when there’s a deeper yes! burning inside.

As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.