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.

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

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

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

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