Michael Korda Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.”

“If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there.”

“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.”

“Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.”

“Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.”

“The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.”

“What you hear repeatedly you will eventually believe.”

“Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.”

“One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.”

“Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed.”