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 Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
 Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
  As, read more 
 Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
 Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
  As, God be thanked! I do not. 
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.
Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
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.
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 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.
That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index read more
That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.
 Nothing succeeds like success.
 [Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]  
 Nothing succeeds like success.
 [Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.] 
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.