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I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.
Steve Jobs1955–2011“Jobs: Iconoclast and salesman” by Brian Williams, at MSNBC (25 May 2006)
- Motivation & Goals
We’re gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make “me too” products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it’s always the next dream.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Interview about the release of the Macintosh (24 January 1984)—(online video)
- Business
- Risk
You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Stanford University commencement address (12 June 2005)
- Advice
- Motivation & Goals
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Jimmy Johnsonborn 1943
- Motivation & Goals
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XII
- Work
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XIII
- Motivation & Goals
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeed.
Michael Jordanborn 1963
- Failure
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordanborn 1963
- Failure
(Of Shakespeare) A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce1882–1941Ulysses (1922) (243)
- Failure
- Genius
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Carl Jung1875–1961
- Failure
- Knowledge
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam1931–2015Wings of Fire (1999), p. 90
- Motivation & Goals
You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam1931–2015NDTV (27 July 2015 obituary citing his memorable quotes)
- Motivation & Goals
I don’t take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
Kareena Kapoorborn 1980“I am already married: Kareena Kapoor”, Hindustan Times (13 October 2012).
- Failure
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.
John Keats1795–1821Endymion (1818), Preface
- Failure
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
Helen Keller1880–1968Optimism (1903)
- Hope