Up Among the Stars

Success is not easily won. It requires sacrifice and hard work. Even with these, you risk the pain of failure. Don't let that put you off...In Cyrano de Bergerac, the Comte de Guiche, with reference to Don Quixote, reminds Cyrano that "windmills, if you fight them, may swing around their huge arms and cast you down into the mire." A defiant Cyrano, speaking for all entrepreneurs, replies, "Or up among the stars."

Victor Kiam

From: Leadership...with a human touch, April 7, 1998, Page 16