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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning
Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor
excommunicated, for they have no souls.
They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor
excommunicated, for they have no souls.
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of
expectation. Performance is ever duller for read more
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of
expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in
the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is
quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable;
performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great
sickness in his judgment that makes it.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new read more
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna read more
I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - read more
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
