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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.
 Success is counted sweetest
 By those who ne'er succeed.  
 Success is counted sweetest
 By those who ne'er succeed. 
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
 Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
 [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]  
 Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
 [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.] 
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first read more
As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? .
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? .
 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.