“As [[Ralph Waldo Emerson|Emerson]] wrote in 1841, **If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises, they lose all heart. If the young merchant fails, men say he is ruined.** If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges, and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York, it seems to his friends and to himself that he is right in being disheartened, and **in complaining the rest of his life**.” ([Location 1926](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=1926)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[failure]], [[adversity]], [[resilience]], [[consistency]], [[obstacle-is-the-way]], [[character]], [[entrepreneur]] **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]]