“A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.”

“Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.”

“The man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done.”

“Failure is not a pre-requisite for success. Already successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again than who failed”

“Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.”

“She released a small sigh at her own stubbornness. There was no greater fool than a woman who looked at a man and saw what he might be rather than what he actually was. But nothing died harder than a bad idea.”