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.]

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted read more

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

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?

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

The best revenge is massive success.

The best revenge is massive success.

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 in the details.

Success is in the details.