When everything seems to be going against you, remember the airplane takes off against the wind.
Henry Ford
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Henry Ford on ambition, discipline, and the long arc of building something, distilled into a single line: "When everything seems to be going against you, remember the airplane takes off against the...". It is one of the more shared lines in our success collection, and for good reason.
Success quotes are most useful when they cut against comfort. The best ones remind you that the gap between where you are and where you want to be is usually closed by small, unglamorous, repeated choices.
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