It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of read more

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

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.]

One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success.

One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about read more

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

Success is in the details.

Success is in the details.

Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn read more

Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
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Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
That no success attends on spears and swords
Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body read more

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.