Success Quotes
The pain of a disappointed wish necessarily produces less effect upon the mind if a man has not certainly promised himself success. - De Tranquillitate Animi.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.Anton Chekhov
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all - Ight drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.John le Carre, "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy, in The New York Times, May 8, 1974
Success is the child of audacity.Benjamin Disraeli
Success is relevant to coping with obstacles... But no problem is ever solved by those, who, when they fail, look for someone to blame instead of something to do.Fred Waggone
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.James Grover Thurbe
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence then success is sure.Mark Twain
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.Albert Einstein
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.Alec Waugh
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest; better to lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune.Samuel Smiles
In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill - Success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.Barbara Paley
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.Edward Eggleston
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.Dr. David M. Burns
The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.Vidal Sassoon
Success gravitates toward those who are perceived to be successful. Regardless of how you feel within, you must emanate success if you want to attract people to your cause.Jeff Herman
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.Reggie Leach
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
There is only one success - To be able to spend your life in your own way.Christopher Morley
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.Maryon Pearson
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.Thornton Wilde
People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.Wilbur N. Nesbit
The quickest way to reach the point of success is to follow a straight line that carves through failure.Josh Traege
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Henry David Thoreau
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.Woody Allen
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.Robert P. Vanderpoel
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.Sir Winston Churchill
Purity, patience, and preserverance are the three essentials to success, and above all love.Swami Vivekananda
The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.Cullen Hightowe
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.John Davidson Rockefeller, Sr.
Successful men are defined by thier actions; Unsuccessful men are defined by actions not taken.Tom Rose
The parent who gets down on the floor to play with a child on Christmas Day is usually doing a most remarkable thing - - Something seldom repeated during the rest of the year. These are, after all, busy parents committed to their work or their success in the larger society, and they do not have much left - Over time in which to play with their children.Brian Sutton - Smith
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.Henry Kissinger, Wilson Library Bulletin, March 1979
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.Anthony Trollope
If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.Francis Saint De Sales
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.Benjamin Disraeli
You always pass failure on the way to success.Mickey Rooney
