We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain read more

We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain we were sound as they,
But the prizes were not ours.

It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by
the ideal of service.

It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by
the ideal of service.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.

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.

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.

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?

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.