The two best quotes, EVER!
 

"Every man dies, not every man really lives."
- William Wallace

"It's better to try and fail than to have never tried at all."
- Michael Jordan

So many people in today's society are overwhelmed with anxiety and insecurities that they hold back and never really reach their full potential. The fear of failure holds so many people back that they never strive for better things and accept status quo because its comfortable to them.

Almost 100% of successful business men have failed in one or more of their attempts at business before they hit it big. Think about that.

And those who make it right away are most likely to go under once the shit eventually hits the fan.

Not only that but they don't appreciate failure and someone who doesn't appreciate failure will never fully appreciate success. :2 cents:

I must have started at least 10 companies before one finally became a success.

I have a few to catch up on you. Only ran three into the ground so far. :1orglaugh

yeah i think anybody who is succesfull will say the same thing. It is more of a passion thing. Really! If you loose passion then it is over. Also I believe a great entrepreneur knows how to start and build a compnay quickly. Then knows when to get just as quickly too ;)

Many years ago a CEO told me he'd rather hire someone that's failed and learned from it than someone that's never tried.

nothing is as it looks like... ;)

A friend told me this--don't satisfy on just being a dead star, cast light to others who badly need it..

You lost me at, "A friend told me...."

What does that quote mean?

Very nice quotes rob

This one is SO wrong if you do a small change!


Sorry for that one...

My old boss once told me, it's ok to make small mistakes because eventually you will get it right. If you make no mistakes that means you're not trying.


My quote submission:

Someone who is nice to you but mean to the waiter is not really a nice person.

You scarred my quotes for life. Thanks, bud. :1orglaugh

Best quote ever...

Boneprone fucked her!

Olde School! :thumbsup

:1orglaugh Sorry!

That is indeed a good one.

However, I can't really see that framed sitting inside someone's office. If I did, they would get all of my business for life just on shear principle alone. :thumbsup

Then it must be my turn to hit it big. While I have not failed, I have not progressed to what I want.

It is framed in MY office, traditions gotta be kept! :thumbsup

he only wishes he came up with that..

It's said that Tom Watson, former IBM CEO, was asked if he was going to fire an executive whose recent mistake cost the company six hundred thousand dollars. Watson shook his head and explained, "I just spent six hundred thousand dollars training him. Why would I want anyone else to hire his experience?"

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible,
then they seem improbable,
and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

- Anonymous



"If you are going through hell, keep going."

- Sir Winston Churchill



and one of my absolute favorites:

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt


TR really had a way with words. :pimp

Translation: I'm a klikrevenue sigwhore and I had to come up with SOMETHING.

Just read one yesterday:

Self-Made men are Self-Evident.

Been chewing on that for almost 2 days now.

Yes he did. :thumbsup

awsome thread - you know, there's nothing harder than picking yourself up after falling off a horse - here's to those who get back up and ride :drinkup

To a pessimist:
You failed 9 times out of 10

To an optimist:
You learned how to not run a business 9 times ... and that helped you finally accomplish success

Personally, I started 5 or 6 and a few other serious hiccups along the way.

The reality is, most people quit after round 1; Only those that are truly resilient and believe in themselves stick to it and refuse to accept failure.

Great post, I think about this sort of thing on a daily basis

unless you're chris reeves.

Awesome quote, so true

To which I would also add:

"History is written by those who would hang heroes."

Not sure of the source, but my favourite:

"Dream like you'll live forever, live like you'll die today"

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Cold, just cold.

t's better to try and fail than to have never tried at all - Tsun Tzu

I think your friend needs to quit the crackpipe

where is the xbox looser?

at first the two quotes sound very cliche to me, but then I thought, its the cliche that makes more sense.

I life by that rule :thumbsup

Good quotes

think smart and you'll fail not so offen

I like yours dude.. From what site?