Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“or he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“An innovator is a person who does not follow rules. He simply makes them instead.”

— Haresh Sippy

“The trouble was, innovation never resulted in victory over the long term. It was too easy for the enemy to imitate and improve on…

— Orson Scott Card

“We always prepare ourselves for the previous enemy, even when we face an altogether new menace.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“If we are going to succeed, it can not be by employing the same techniques we deplore. We must be better than our enemies…

— Scott Lobdell

“A true innovator does best, what he doesn't know best.”

— Haresh Sippy

“The more successful people have been in the past, the worse they perform when they enter a new environment.”

— Adam M. Grant

“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.”

— Banana Yoshimoto

“Where little danger is apprehended, the more the enemy will be unprepared and consequently there is the fairest prospect of success.”

— Ryan Holiday

“In an environment of turbulent change, as de Geus famously wrote: “The ability to learn faster than your competitors is the only sustainable competitive…

— Steven Kotler