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I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is read more
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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.
One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is
going.
One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is
going.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung read more
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.