Entrepreneurs are artists and I mean “artists” in the true sense of the word: they see something no one else does.

People have marveled at the fact that I didn't start McDonalds until I was fifty-two years old and then I became a success overnight. But I was just like a lot of show business personalities who work away quietly at their craft for years, and then, suddenly, they get the right break and make it big. I was an overnight success all right, but thirty years is a long, long night.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.

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