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If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
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.
Success comes in cans; failure in can'ts
Success comes in cans; failure in can'ts
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.
That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the read more
That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.