I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape.

People succeed at just about anything they're genuinely enthusiastic about.

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. . . . I have yet to find a person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

At the end of every day, having a clientele that speaks well of you, that's the largest source of business. I don't care what kind of business you're in. Clients referring us to their friends or relatives is so much more powerful than any advertising we could ever do.

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.