Success in Complexity Quotes

"My work ethic is the single most important factor in all of my accomplishments."

"You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream."

"The innovator’s dilemma is that the very things that made you successful can prevent you from scaling the next big thing."

"To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. Scaling is the method by which we achieve that impact."

"Win and help win. The goal is to build a network where your success directly contributes to the success of others."

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."

"Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest."

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

"To be successful, you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve."

"You have to be obsessed. You have to be all in."

"The difference between the great and the mediocre is the level of their obsession."

"Obsession is the engine of greatness. If you're not obsessed, you're just average."

"In the long run, the 'nice' guys finish first because they are the only ones left that people want to play with."

"The goal is not to win the game, but to be invited to play again."

"Givers succeed in iterated games because their reputation eventually precedes them in every new circle."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles."

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference."

"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Financial discipline starts with cash flow."

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation."

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

"In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure."

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."

"The morning is the most important part of the day. It is the time when you determine the tone for the rest of your day."

"The difference between success and failure can often be found in what a person does at 5:00 a.m."