Michael Korda

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

— Michael Korda

The more you can dream, the more you can do.

— Michael Korda

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

— Michael Korda

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

— Michael Korda

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

— Michael Korda

Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

— Michael Korda

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

— Michael Korda

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed, most successful men fail time and time again, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

— Michael Korda

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

— Michael Korda

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the only quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.

— Michael Korda

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

— Michael Korda

This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure.

— Michael Korda

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

— Michael Korda