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Abraham Lincoln2 quotes
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing. — Abraham Lincoln · 1855He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859Albert Einstein2 quotes
If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut. — Albert Einstein · 1950Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. — Albert Einstein · 1931Fred Rogers2 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002Abraham Cahan1 quote
The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no brains. — Abraham Cahan · 1917Barack Obama1 quote
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that. — Barack Obama · 2012Barbra Streisand1 quote
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one. — Barbra Streisand · 1963Benjamin Disraeli1 quote
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872Benjamin Franklin1 quote
Success has ruin’d many a Man. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Bessie Anderson Stanley1 quote
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. — Bessie Anderson Stanley · 1905Bill Gates1 quote
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates · 1995Buddy Kane1 quote
Call me crazy, but it is my philosophy that in order to be successful, one must project an image of success, at all times. — Buddy Kane · 1999Christopher Morley1 quote
There is only one success, he said to himself-to be able to spend your life in your own way. — Christopher Morley · 1922Confucius1 quote
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration. — Confucius · 221 BCElizabeth Warren1 quote
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there–good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. — Elizabeth Warren · 2011Emily Dickinson1 quote
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need. — Emily Dickinson · 1864Florence Nightingale1 quote
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. — Florence Nightingale · 1861Francis Bacon1 quote
All rising to great place is by a winding stair. — Francis Bacon · 1625George Bernard Shaw1 quote
The secret of success is to offend the greatest number of people. — George Bernard Shaw · 1949Graham Greene1 quote
Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline). — Graham Greene · 1980Gustave Flaubert1 quote
Success is a result; it must not be a goal. — Gustave Flaubert · 1876Henry David Thoreau1 quote
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Imogen Cunningham1 quote
I don't talk about success, I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead. — Imogen Cunningham · 1975John Dryden1 quote
And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence. — John Dryden · 1669Joseph Heller1 quote
Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis, and suicide. With failure comes failure. — Joseph Heller · 1975Leonardo da Vinci1 quote
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568Mark Twain1 quote
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887Michael Jordan1 quote
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Montesquieu1 quote
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. — Montesquieu · 1755Nick Cave1 quote
I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave · 1983