A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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- The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- I don’t buy dreams, I buy actions
- Failure should be archived in head, not heart!
- I’m not gonna die before i serve my purpose
- Africa’s hopeful transformation lies in entrepreneurship
- Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
- Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
- The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
- I believe that poor people are the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. Everyday, they must innovate in order to survive.
- Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.
- Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.
- Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we’re going to make it happen. As God as my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.
- The good news for shareowners is that a single big winning bet can more than cover the cost of many losers.
- INTENT reveals desire; ACTION reveals commitment.
- The really great person will keep on going and find the key, underlying principle of the problem, and come up with a beautiful elegant solution that works.
- Success lives on your sweat. Determination makes it pleasurable. Action makes it attainable.
- How you spend your time is more important than how much you have.
- If you start dreaming you are not running fast enough
- Don’t let other people define your vision of your future.
- The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.