Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.

I have no patience at all.

If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.

I knоw you're Belgian, that's whеrе thоsе waffles соmе frоm

A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.

I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from.

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

There are two fools in every marketplace; one asks too little, one asks too much.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma

Start small and with your own money.

It is dangerous to become useless to God

All power tends to coopt, and absolute power coopts absolutely.

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

I'm tired of being the funniest person in the room.

[Eva Braun] would also refer to [Adolf Hitler] as "the boss" (der Chef), but she never called him "Adolf" or "Adi" to anyone after the very early days. It was always der Führer.

A book's flaws make it less predictable.

Part of the way that I work is to observe.

I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places

All day long I add up columns of figures and make everything balanced. I come home. I sit down. I look at a Kandinsky and it's wonderful.

If we face the fact, for it is a fact, that there is no arm to cling to, but that we go alone and that our relation is to the world of reality and not only to the world of men and women.