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Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
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.
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, read more
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
That low man goes on adding one to one,
His hundreds soon hit:
His high man, aiming at a million,
Misses an unit.
Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body read more
Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
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.
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.
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.]
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.