The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

The sun is new each day.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

I call architecture frozen music.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.