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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.
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come read more
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
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.
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.
As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into read more
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
