Sheldon Adelson Quotes

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

To be somebody you must last.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

As far as Ola is concerned, we are focused and determined to build a business that can sustain and be impactful.

Anybody can do something one time. You have a great year because everything goes right. But can you maintain it and sustain it for a long period of time as Coach Carroll did and Coach Saban?

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

The key to Zeppelin's longevity has been change.

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

I have always believed that you win fights round by round.

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

But I think it's important that things endure.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

Hype is wonderful when it happens, and you should capitalize on it. But you shouldn't bank on it being the thing that will take you to the next step. Because it's fleeting. The blah-blah-blah goes away, but you're still there.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

The key to all things is determination.

One man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, and accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and … makes the execution of that same plan his sole Study and Business.

In business, I believe that if you focus only on the journey, you'll miss the whole point of the enterprise. There has to be a goal, an end game of some kind; otherwise, you're just spinning your wheels. Yes, the journey is important, but the destination is important, too.