Unless you're willing to have
a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen. Phillip Adams
Success doesn't come to you…you go to
it. Marva Collins
Consider the postage stamp. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Josh Billings
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Sloan Wilson
Yesterday's failures are
today's seeds That must be diligently planted to be able to
abundantly harvest Tomorrow's success. Anonymous
I found that the men and women who got to the top
were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they
had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. Harry S. Truman
Success is still the constant
application of the Golden Rule. Anonymous
The
difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Vincent T. Lombardi
Few men have the natural
strength to honor a friend's success without envy. Aeschylus
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to
meet. William F. Halsey
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Charles Simmons
No problem is insurmountable. With a little
courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything. B.
Dodge
Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result.
Think of the elation, the satisfaction, the joy! Carrying the ecstatic feeling will bring the desired goal into view.
Grace Speare
A man's doubts and
fears are his worst enemies. William Wrigley
Jr.
He has achieved success, who has lived well,
laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of
intelligent men and the love of little children. Bessie A. Stanley
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes
himself. Alexander Graham Bell
You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging
problems. Mark Victor Hansen
Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think of the elation, the satisfaction, the joy! Carrying the ecstatic feeling will bring the desired goal into view.
Grace
Speare
The superior man makes the difficulty
to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later. Confucius
(Happy New Year!) - Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream:
work. William Arthur Ward
Success in
business does not depend upon genius. Any young man of ordinary
intelligence who is normally sound and not afraid to work should
succeed in spite of obstacles and handicaps if he plays the game
fairly and keeps everlastingly at it. James C. Penney
We must use time as a
tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and
self-reliant with vigor. Chiang Kai-Shek
The friend of my
adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who
helped me to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are ready
to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. Ulysses S.
Grant
I have learned
that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has
reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying
to succeed. Booker T.
Washington
Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a
man. Frederick Edwin Smith, Lord Birkenhead
Life affords no higher pleasure than that
of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to
another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. Samuel Johnson
A man's true estate of power and riches is to be
himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but
in his own essential character. Henry Ward Beecher
It is literally true that you can succeed best
and quickest by helping others to succeed. Napoleon Hill
A successful life is not an easy life. It is
built upon strong qualities, sacrifice, endeavor, loyalty, and
integrity. Grant D. Brandon
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day
in and day out. Robert Collier
Success is not a 'sometimes' thing. In other
words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time.
Success is a habit. Winning is a habit. Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Understand that most problems are a good sign.
Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning,
you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems.
Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of
progress. Scott Alexander
The greater the difficulty the more glory in
surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms
and tempests. Epicurus
Every successful man I have
heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found
them, and not waited until the next year for better. Edgar Watson Howe
A quick and sound judgment, good common sense,
kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these
are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do
with success in life. Charles Simmons
It's easy to grin when your ship comes in, and you've got the stock market
beat, but the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat.
Judge Smails, Caddyshack
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Gilberte Beaux
The pessimist sees difficulty in every
opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
Douglas
Everett
If you succeed in life, you must do it in spite
of the efforts of others to pull you down. There is nothing in the
idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves.
People are willing to help a man who can't help himself, but as soon
as a man is able to help himself, and does it, they join in making
his life as uncomfortable as possible. It's shameful! Edgar Watson Howe
Success without honor is an
unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. Joe
Paterno
Think of yourself as on the
threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies
before you. Achieve! Achieve! Andrew Carnegie
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that
counts. Winston Churchill
Success seems to be connected with action.
Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton
The successful leader does not
talk down to people. He lifts them up. Richard
M. Nixon
The secret of success is seeing every setback as
a steppingstone to ultimate achievement. J. Donald Walters
If you're not having problems, you are missing an
opportunity for growth. Unknown