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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.
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 seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn read more
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!
'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it.
'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it.
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
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.]
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
