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Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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?
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
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.
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.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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.