Entrepreneur’s Credo

"I do not choose to be a common man, 

it is my right to be uncommon … if I can. 

I seek opportunity … not security.

I do not wish to be a kept citizen, 

humbled and dulled by having the 
state look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk;

to dream and to build,

to fail and to succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;

I prefer the challenges of life
 to the guaranteed existence;

the thrill of fulfillment
to the stale calm of Utopia.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence
nor my dignity for a handout.

I will never cower before any master
nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect,
proud and unafraid;

to think and act for myself,

to enjoy the benefit of my creations

and to face the world boldly and say:

This, with God’s help, I have done.

All this is what it means
to be an Entrepreneur"

Excerpt from "Common Sence" (1776)

by : Thomas Paine