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.

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first read more

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?

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?

If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more

If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

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