Quote by Michael Korda

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

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and

Summary

This quote suggests that in order to achieve success, one must embrace reality and avoid being consumed by it. It implies that accepting the world's imperfections and limitations is important in order to transcend them and reach a higher level of achievement. By acknowledging and understanding the current state of affairs, individuals can navigate challenges and rise above any obstacles that may come their way, ultimately leading them to success.

Topics

Success & Failure

By Michael Korda

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Alexander Smith

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fi

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them.

Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing i

Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be f

I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence.

George Woodcock

When you have poison oak you love nature a little less.

When you have poison oak you love nature a little less.

Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.

Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for a background, enough to enable him to adore God in his most beautiful as well as in his most sublime works? Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon: a few flowers on the earth, and all the stars in the sky.

God Nature Prayer Reflection Sky

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its origi

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.

Albert Einstein

Belief Open Mindedness New Ideas

The human mind evolved always in the company of the human bo

The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them.

John Desmond Bernal

The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it rep

The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows politicians to pick winners and losers, and to provide favors in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions and loopholes. It simplifies the code dramatically: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax.

Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions

Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern-always a meaningful pattern-though never an abiding one.

Charles Sherrington