Michael Korda
  • The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

  • The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

  • Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

  • The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

  • This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure.