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.

They never fail who die
In a great cause.

They never fail who die
In a great cause.

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.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

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?

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 is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go

Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go

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.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough read more

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?