It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.

I am proud of having done what I’ve done. Very proud.

I’m glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Without failure there is no achievement.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn’t mind it if I didn’t.

The earth is bountiful, and where her bounty fails, nitrogen drawn from the air will refertilize her womb. I developed a process for this purpose in 1900. It was perfected fourteen years later under the stress of war by German chemists.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you’re trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you’re giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you’re trying to do?

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

The thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.

Women can’t do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.

Discipline starts every day when the first alarm clock goes off in the morning. I say ‚first alarm clock‘ because I have three, as I was taught by one of the most feared and respected instructors in SEAL training: one electric, one battery powered, one windup.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

I explain the law of compensation like this: ‚Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

If you’re living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

Songwriters, you have to work – you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song’s going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it’s important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

I love the scents of winter! For me, it’s all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into ‚Starboy‘ is an honor.

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

When someone is impatient and says, ‚I haven’t got all day,‘ I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

I’ve always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad.

I think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.