Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
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To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to read more
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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.
Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, read more
Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.
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.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, read more
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision
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.]
