Isobelle Carmody Quotes

I was making projections about 'Humans of New York,' back when I had zero followers, that made all my friends and family roll their eyes. I'd throw out these huge numbers: 'One day, a million people are gonna be looking at this. Trust me.' And even those wild, wild numbers I was throwing out have just been smashed. So, it's a good feeling.

California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.

Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!

A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want.

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.

Success is the child of audacity.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable.

I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.