David Sarnoff quotes

David Sarnoff was a pioneering American inventor and broadcasting executive, recognized as a key figure in the development of radio and television. His leadership at RCA helped launch the modern broadcasting industry in the United States. He became known as "the father of television" for his vision and contributions to electronic mass media. Here are 14 of his quotes:

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

David Sarnoff

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

David Sarnoff

Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.

David Sarnoff

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

David Sarnoff

Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.

David Sarnoff

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.

David Sarnoff

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.

David Sarnoff

I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself.

David Sarnoff

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

David Sarnoff

What the human mind can conceive and believe it can accomplish.

David Sarnoff

Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding of man's capacity for evil.

David Sarnoff

Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.

David Sarnoff