Joseph Epstein

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label – being an outsider is fine, embrace the label – because it’s the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

We grow great by dreams.

Life is change; growth is optional. Choose wisely.

And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

Priority is a function of context.

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they’ll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don’t.

There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.