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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?
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.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
Success is in the details.
Success is in the details.
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art read more
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
