Andre Gide, French novelist, critic (1869-1951)
People cannot discover new oceans until they lose sight of the shore.
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J Paul Getty, US businessman (1892-1976)
Secrets for success: 1. Get up early. 2. Work hard. 3. Find oil.
Vince Lombardi, US football coach (1913-1970)
If it doesn’t matter who wins, then how come we keep score?
Anita Roddick, British business executive
Be daring. Be first. Be different.
Ed Foreman, US politician, entrepreneur (b.1933)
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
Thomas J Watson, US businessman, founder of IBM (1874-1956)
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
John Keats, British poet (1795-1821)
Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.
Woody Allen, US film actor, director (b.1935)
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, businessman (1833-1896)
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
Groucho Marx, US comic actor (1890-1977)
Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.
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