Michael Korda

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. ↗

— Michael Korda

#attending #biggest #does #fool #his

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. ↗

— Michael Korda

#degree #desire #directly #directly proportional #face

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. ↗

— Michael Korda

#always #being #luck #make #mean

Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed. ↗

— Michael Korda

#dress #greater #liberties #men #naturally

Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you. ↗

— Michael Korda

#hold #know #never #other #people

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. ↗

— Michael Korda

#away #carefully #contrary #failure #hidden

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care. ↗

— Michael Korda

#already #bad #bad news #calmly #care

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. ↗

— Michael Korda

#always #been #between #distance #easy

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. ↗

— Michael Korda

#attitude #consideration #detailed #enough #good

This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure. ↗

— Michael Korda

#best #deeper #enough #failure #find