951 private quotes tagged success

“The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.” — Elbert Hubbard

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“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford

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“I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan

Source:Nike Culture (book)

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“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” — Bruce Lee

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“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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“I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs

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“The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.” — Harvey S. Firestone

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“Only work half a day. It doesn't matter which half you work -- the first 12 hours or the second 12 hours.” — Kemmons Wilson

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“Action is the foundational key to all success.” — Pablo Picasso

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“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill

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“Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.” — Deepak Chopra

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“Failure is the key to success each mistake teaches us something.” — Morihei Ueshiba

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“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.” — Pablo Picasso

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“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” — Confucius

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“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” — George S. Patton

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“My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.” — Marc Andreessen

Source:https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/510486200776290305

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“The starting point of all achievement is desire.” — Napoleon Hill

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“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success, of any kind, as perseverance. It overcomes almost everything.” — John D. Rockefeller

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“If you're more interested in what you have achieved, or what you're financial position enables you to do than that thing that got those things, you're screwed.” — Jerry Seinfeld

Source:http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/jerry-seinfeld-brian-...

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“I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.” — Paulo Coelho

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“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.” — Tony Robbins

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“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.” — John Wooden

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