My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

Courage begins the difficult deed, but fortune governs its outcome.

-- Democritus

I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the American market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.

-- Akio Morita

To be irreplaceable, one must be different.

-- Coco Chanel

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

-- Walt Disney

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear.

-- Arianna Huffington

Short selling is intellectually much harder than going long. You need to have a thesis, and you also need the courage to stick with it when things go against you.

-- David Einhorn