What It Takes Quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman

you are going to start a business, I told them, I believe it has to pass three basic tests. First, your idea has to be big enough to justify devoting your life to it. Make sure it has the potential to be huge. Second, it should be unique. When people see what you are offering, they should say to themselves, “My gosh, I need this. I’ve been waiting

I don’t think it matters where you start, but you need to be incredibly good at that one thing and then you broaden your skills. Discipline, hard work, and loving what you do will get you very far.

To be successful you have to put yourself in situations and places you have no right being in. You shake your head and learn from your own stupidity. But through sheer will, you wear the world down, and it gives you what you want.