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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which read more
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top,
Cuts off those means by which himself got up.
Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top,
Cuts off those means by which himself got up.
Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
Success is when reality exceeds expectations.
Success is when reality exceeds expectations.
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we read more
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
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.
Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.