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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.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. read more
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. •George S. Patton Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. •Benjamin Disraeli Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. •William Feather All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. •Mark Twain The reward of a thing well done is having done it. •Ralph Waldo Emerson It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. •Joseph Ross Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. •Dave Gardner If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed. •Anonymous The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. •Elbert Hubbard Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. •James W. Pence The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi or •Donald Kendall The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. •Nelson Boswell The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. •Jean Giraudoux I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. •Bill Cosby Why be a man when you can be a success? •Bertold Brecht For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. •Richard Feynman Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you read more
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.