"The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience."

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Source : "Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company". Book by Michael Shawn Malone (p. 393), 2007.

David Packard

#Entrepreneur Quotes #Failing Quotes #Not Afraid Quotes

“I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.”
“Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.”
“"All right", said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.”
“War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as physical, brain as well as muscles, and stamina as well as courage.”
“Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.”
“In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.”
“There is no difference between machine autonomy and the abdication of human responsibility.”
“Now it is you who everyone presumes is so fragile. Wounded. Scarred. Maybe they're right. Perhaps you are. A nursery rhyme comes into your head, and, like an egg, you allow yourself to topple onto your side, your legs still pulled hard against your torso. You lie like that a long while, watching the chrome shell of the tape measure sparkle until the sun moves.”

Source : Chris Bohjalian (2011). “The Night Strangers”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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