951 private quotes tagged success

“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

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

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“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.” — Edsger Dijkstra

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“If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!” — Andrew Carnegie

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“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” — John F. Kennedy

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“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” — Mark Twain

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“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.” — Max Planck

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“The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.” — George Eliot

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“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” — Helen Keller

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“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” — Albert Einstein

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“I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” — George Burns

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“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” — Earl Nightingale

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“The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.” — David Attenborough

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“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.” — Og Mandino

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“Failure is not our only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others.” — Jules Renard

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“Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.” — James Cash Penney

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“No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.” — Robert W. Service

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“Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.” — Nolan Ryan

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“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.” — Malcolm X

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“They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?” — Fidel Castro

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“Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.” — Denis Waitley

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