Best Things Ever Said

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“The philosophy has always been to be the best, not the first.”
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple

“If you tune it so that you have zero chance of failure, you usually also have zero chance of success. The key is to look at ways for when you get to your failure checkpoint, you know to stop.”
Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn

“Lots of companies don’t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.”
Larry Page, Co-Founder Google

“Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”
Tony Hsieh, CEO & co-founder of Zappos

Only the paranoid survive.
Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, and very paranoid

“It starts with not having a hangover with the way things used to be.”
Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour

“One of the greatest skills of leadership is being unflappable. Anytime you do anything in the world; there’s going to be criticism.”
Arianna Huffington, Co-found and editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Media Group

“Passion, creativity, and resilience are the most crucial skills in business. If you’ve got those, you’re ready to embark on the journey.”
Jo Malone, Founder of Jo Malone

No matter how smart your strategy, if you aren’t commanding attention with your creative, you aren’t getting anywhere.
Mike Taylor, Founder and Managing Director of BBT Digital

“We just felt like if every day we were getting a little bit closer to something that we would be really proud of, we would never regret the time we invested.”
Ben Silbermann, Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest.

Walking your talk doesn’t mean that you have to solve all the problems, but it does mean your actions need to support solutions.
MARK COLLINS, CEO and business owner Mentor

“When you talk to people who are old, some wish they had enjoyed themselves more, but not many wish they had wasted more time.”
Patrick Collison, Co-founder and CEO of Stripe.

“If something is important enough, or you believe something is important enough, even if you are scared, you will keep going.”
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX