Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it. - Hugh MacLeod

Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle — that is, being human.

"If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain."

A lot of people in business say they have twenty years' experience, when in fact all they have is one year's experience, repeated twenty times.