What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing ones ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. – Victor Cherbuliez
If you ask men why they did a good job, theyll say, Im awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking? If you ask women why they did a good job, what theyll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. – Sheryl Sandberg
So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and Ive told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldnt out-do my brothers in sports, and its a very competitive relationship. – George J. Mitchell
