“Beauty attracts the eye, but personality captures the heart.”

“A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”

“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.”

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“Ideas are (a) commodity. Execution of them is not.”

“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad.”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

“If you know too much before the start, then you will get overwhelmed. Come up with an original idea, and don’t copy because there will be no passion. You need that otherworldly passion. Just start.”