Drew Houston Quotes

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.

I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

We in China are convinced that it is the better half of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Take risks. Never say die. It has worked for me.

I have never feared failure.

Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.

Like Forrest Gump, I just took off and it paid off.

True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt.

Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

I know I am lucky to be alive - but I will race again.

I always believed in my ability. I just had to work hard and be patient and, yeah, at times it didn't look likely. You need a wee stroke of luck but every chance I've been given, I've taken.