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Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
 Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on 
your way down.  
 Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on 
your way down. 
 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 important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the read more
The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers, failures have none.
 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 the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.