Founders Quotes · Page 5

The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.

— Jesse Helms

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

— Karen Armstrong

I said [ Barack Obama], the founder of ISIS. Obviously, I'm being sarcastic.But not that sarcastic, to be honest with you.

— Donald Trump

Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds.

— Jennifer Hyman

Christendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.

— H. Richard Niebuhr

You have to be intense. This only comes from the CEO, this only comes from the founders.

— Sam Altman

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

— Barack Obama

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.

— Sam Altman

I'm still one who says that we can get rid of the Internal Revenue Service if we would pass the fair tax,…

— Mike Huckabee

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims…

— Charles Hamilton Houston

Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been…

— Charles Colson

Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the…

— Hans Christian von Baeyer

We work as a team. I think having the individual being shown as a star actually creates problems internally. We encourage all…

— Douglas Leone

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and…

— Joe Barton

But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our…

— Daniel Greenberg

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was…

— Shirley Temple

You know what works in venture capital? A group of incredibly smart, connected people who have the financial wherewithal and risk appetite…

— Sarah Lacy

That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge…

— Nancy Pelosi

Google is a place filled with open-minded, innovative people from all over the world. It's a fun place to work, and it's…

— Megan Smith

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in…

— Leroy Chiao

The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over secular…

— Barack Obama

Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

— Sam Altman

Founders are exceptional, and they all want to go back to creating. And I feel privileged to be able to do that.

— Payal Kadakia

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

— Bruce Lee

The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met.

— John C. Maxwell

Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.

— Sam Altman

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

— George Washington

The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.

— Sam Altman

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.

— Sam Altman

If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made…

— Sam Altman

Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.

— Woodrow Wilson

The truth is that our democracy is a work in progress. We are all its founders. We are all learning that we…

— Amy Richards

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

— John Adams

To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the…

— D.T. Suzuki

I'm most proud of helping so many others achieve their dreams as founders.

— David Cohen

“the Founders were concerned that the will of the people could easily become the preferences of the mob.”

— Condoleezza Rice

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.

— John Adams