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I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.
—Jeff BezosThere’s a way to do it better. Find it.
—Thomas EdisonIf I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.
—Henry FordThe secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new.
—SocratesThere is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: And that is an idea whose time has come.
—Victor HugoThe best way to predict the future is to create it.
—Alan KayThey always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
—Andy WarholIf at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
—Albert EinsteinIf I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
—Alfred NobelWhat is now proved was once only imagined.
—William BlakeAnything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
—JK RowlingThere’s always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyse yourself.
—JP GettyThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
—George Bernard Shaw
(This story appears in the 18 December, 2020 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)