Edwin Land Quotes

I had learned from LBJ that courage is as important as tenacity if you are to get anything done in government.

It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

To achieve truly important things you have to be willing to put your personal reputation on the line …

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

If you succeed at most of your activities, your goals are set much too low.

What man can imagine, man can do.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

Great Presidents are made and not born. They have to be pushed into greatness.

I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.

This country has always led from the front and it should continue to do so.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

I take on daunting tasks.

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.