Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, read more

Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to
themselves the right to decide as to the final result.
[Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non
obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi
vindicant potestates.]

I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to read more

I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, read more

Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the read more

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.