A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him read more

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.

These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.

These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.

If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
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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.

The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed.

The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.

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.

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

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.