33 Quotes by John H. Johnson

Failure is a word I don’t accept.

It’s not what the dream is but what the dream does.

Every day I run scared. That’s the only way I can stay ahead.

I’m convinced that the only way to get ahead in this world is to live and sell dangerously. You’ve got to live beyond your means. You’ve got to commit yourself to an act or vision that pulls you further than you want to go and forces you to use your hidden strengths.

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

When I go in to see people – and I sell an occasional ad now – I never say, ‘Help me because I am black’ or ‘Help me because I am a minority.’ I always talk about what we can do for them.