“I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.”

“Annual income: twenty pounds; annual expenditure: nineteen pounds six shillings — result: happiness. Annual income: twenty pounds; annual expenditure: twenty pounds and sixpence — result: misery.”

“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”

“My guiding star always is: get hold of portable property.”

“Take your job seriously, but not yourself.”

“In London he had expected neither to walk on pavements of gold nor to lie on beds of roses; he expected labour, he found it, he did it, and made the best of it. In this his prosperity consisted.”

“Train up a fig tree in the way it should go; when you are old, sit under its shade.”

“Money and goods are certainly the best of references.”

“There is no such passion in human nature as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.”

“Credit is a system whereby a person who cannot pay gets another person who cannot pay to guarantee that he can pay.”

“Life is of little worth when we misuse it; yet it is worth the effort. If it were not, letting it go would cost nothing.”

“Get maximum effect from minimum effort.”

“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

“You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.”

“One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.”

“To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.”

“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”

“To hell with circumstances. I create opportunities.”

“The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self-confidence and good humour.”

“The first rule of business is: Do other men, for they would do you.”

“I am not afraid of a person who knows 10,000 kicks. I am afraid of a person who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“Training for strength and flexibility is a must. Use them to support your techniques—techniques alone are no good if you don’t back them with strength and flexibility.”

“Willing is not enough; one must apply.”

“To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the desired solution; gather and fill your mind with the facts; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, and settle on the creative ideas.”

“Optimism is a faith that leads to success.”

“Efficiency is anything that scores.”

“I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.”

“He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive, and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it.”

“Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.”

“When you're talking about fighting as it is, with no rules, you'd better train every part of your body.”

“You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.”

“Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.”

“Discipline must be maintained.”

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

“Do not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. Start with simple movements; if they don’t work, introduce more complex ones.”

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”

“I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.”

“Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.”

“Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”

“Like a cobra, your strike should be felt before it is seen.”

“Circumstances? I make circumstances!”

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

“I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect.”

“Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.”

“Dedication — absolute dedication — is what keeps one ahead.”

“Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.”

“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.”

“Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly.”

“Persistence, persistence, and persistence. Power is created and maintained through daily practice — continuous effort.”