Terry Matthews quotes
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“And that's the secret. Timing, hard work and smart partners. Using that formula, I've either founded or funded over 80 companies, and none have gone bankrupt. Most have done very well.”
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“Our shipment of mowers was lost at sea and while we waited, winter descended and covered our green lawns with snow. That taught me a key lesson, the importance of timing. The shipping company lost the lawnmowers! By the time they showed up no one wanted them, as you can't cut grass when it's covered with snow.”
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“The single most important route of success is persistence - never, ever give up!”
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“I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.”
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“Make a mark; don't be part of the living dead.”
-- Terry MatthewsSource : "Terry Matthews: A well-connected Celt" by David Gow, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2000.
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“I am truly an angel investor and I'am not a passive investor.As a passive investor, I am awful because I can not put funding into a company and leave it to other people.”
-- Terry Matthews
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“Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.”
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Source : Adeline Yen Mah (1997). “Falling leaves return to their roots”, Penguin Books Ltd
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“God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.”
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“You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”
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“Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.”
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