9 Quotes & Sayings By David Sarnoff

David Sarnoff was a Russian immigrant who became a U.S. citizen in 1913. He started his own radio broadcasting business in the 1920s and ultimately acquired a major share of Radio Corporation of America, which became known as RCA. In the 1930s he became RCA's president and chief executive officer, and under his leadership the company grew from a small radio manufacturing business to an international communications conglomerate with interests in television, telephones, film production, and later the development of satellites Read more

In 1943, at the age of fifty-three, he was appointed a four-star general by President Franklin Roosevelt and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant general. He served as director of the Office of War Information during WWII and then as chairman of the War Supply Board Executive Committee to help oversee the Allied war effort. Sarnoff retired from RCA in 1950 and died two years later.

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I have learned to have more trust in the scientist than he does in himself. David Sarnoff
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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 if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre. David Sarnoff
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A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood. David Sarnoff
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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 ... if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre. David Sarnoff
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The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. David Sarnoff
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We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. David Sarnoff
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Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness. David Sarnoff
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Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. David Sarnoff