John H. Johnson

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.

Failure is a word that I simply don't accept.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.