I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to read more

I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more

If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.

I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in read more

I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in success.

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?

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance read more

Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything you do.

Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go

Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him read more

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.