"Formula for failure: Try to please everybody."

-- Herbert Bayard Swope

#Failure Quotes #Trying Quotes #Formulas Quotes

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

Source : James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.”
“Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.”
“Man is a substance clad in shadows.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.136
“Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament.”
“If anything can go wrong it will.”
“My preferred environment is by the sea or somewhere rural. I don't want to be in a city, I don't want to visit New York and I don't want to go shopping.”
“I'm a real conservative. I never became a hippie, or a groupie. I never wore flowers in my hair.”

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