They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Well done is better than well said.

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they’re rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

At places like Davos, people like to tell success stories. But their financial success has come with an unthinkable price tag. And on climate change, we have to acknowledge we have failed.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it’s people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples‘ money.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.