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Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a read more
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted read more
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed.
The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed.
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.
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.
Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top,
Cuts off those means by which himself got up.
Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top,
Cuts off those means by which himself got up.