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Success has always been a great liar.
Success has always been a great liar.
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.
The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to read more
The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.