The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top.".

The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top.".

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.

Three men, together riding,
Can win new worlds at their will;
Resolute, ne'er dividing,
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Three men, together riding,
Can win new worlds at their will;
Resolute, ne'er dividing,
Lead, and be victors still.
Three can laugh and doom a king,
Three can make the planets sing.

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.

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.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you read more

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the read more

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while read more

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Nothing fails like success. •Gerald Nachman We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success read more

Nothing fails like success. •Gerald Nachman We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? •Jean Cocteau Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. •Lily Tomlin The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. •Nancy Astor For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself. •Rita Mae Brown Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. •Mark Twain The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already. •J.N. Fadenburg Make a success of living by seeing the goal and aiming for it unswervingly. •Cecil B. Demille I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. •Abraham Lincoln The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. •Groucho Marx Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.