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You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.

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Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

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Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?

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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

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A manager is an assistant to his men.

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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

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Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.

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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

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Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: February 17th, 1874

Died: June 19th, 1956

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