Helmut Jahn Quotes

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it.

The reason why the Wright brothers were successful wasn't because they had the most resources, but because they understood how invention works. You have to iterate quickly, and you should be prepared to fail. Because things often don't go as planned.

Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.

Success comes from repeated efforts day in and day out. You learn from your mistakes, make adjustments and continue pressing forward until you achieve the results you desire.

Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time.

We're not perfect every time. We make mistakes just like everybody else. But, we stay on top of it, and we stay with it, and we make sure we get it right.

You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes; You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake; When you believe there's no mountain you can climb; And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time.

I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again. When you do well, do not change your ways. Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it.

Success is a project that's always under construction.

When you put a great amount of energy and hope in a big project, you can be destroyed if you don't do it. But myself, I say: "To fail is only to see the way to fail."

You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss.

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.

Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what’s not working.

While you may have made money doing something a certain way yesterday, there's no reason to believe you'll succeed at it tomorrow.

Failure doesn't mean anything, it just means changing paths.

I don't believe in luck. Like I didn't win a lot of races for awhile, and it's because I didn't put myself in position to win enough of them.

Failure is not a one-time event; it's how you deal with life along the way. Until you breathe your last breath, you're still in the process, and there is still time to turn things around for the better.

The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.

Failures are easier to repeat than successes.

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.