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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
 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.] 
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.
 Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
 Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
  As, read more 
 Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
 Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
  As, God be thanked! I do not. 
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
 That low man seeks a little thing to do,
 Sees it and does it;
  This high man, read more 
 That low man seeks a little thing to do,
 Sees it and does it;
  This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
   Dies ere he knows it.
    That low man goes on adding one to one,
     His hundreds soon hit:
      His high man, aiming at a million,
       Misses an unit. 
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung read more
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.