Sherlock Holmes

Vision is the art of seeing things that are not yet visible.

There will be times when your best isn’t your good enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best you’ll be OK.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of per sistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.

Be open to new information and ideas.

For all the hard times and tough challenges I faced during different periods of my life, I think I was lucky or blessed or both. When things looked bleak, a good guide would appear to set me straight. Someone once asked me about the villains who got in my way, the bad guys who wanted to trip me up or take me out. I don’t remember any. Maybe it’s my nature to remember the good and forget the bad, or maybe it’s my destiny to lock onto the righteous for help.

In God we trust; all others bring data.

I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.

My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.