Quotes About Success

Success and cynicism are not only achieved; they are also inherited.

El éxito se le subió a Bernard a la cabeza y le reconcilió casi completamente (como lo hubiese conseguido cualquier otro intoxicante) con un mundo que, hasta entonces, había juzgado poco satisfactorio. Desde el momento en que le reconocía a él como un ser importante, el orden de cosas era bueno.

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.

The most successful men are those who never admit the validity of other people's opinions, who even deny their existence.

Success went fizzily to Bernard's head, and in the process completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory.

The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and results come only to those who have learned the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity.

At thirty-eight I was a poor, struggling, tired, overworked, unknown journalist. Now, at fifty... He paused modestly and made a little gesture, moving his fat hands outwards, away from one another, and expanding his fingers as though in demonstration. He was exhibiting himself. Denis thought of that advertisement of Nestle's milk—the two cats on the wall, under the moon, one black and thin, the other white, sleek, and fat. Before Inspiration and after.

This is, perhaps, the most difficult of all mortifications to achieve a 'holy indifference' to the temporal success or failure of the cause to which one has devoted one's best energies. If it triumphs, well and good; and if it meets defeat, that also is well and good, if only in ways that, to a limited and timebound mind, are here and now entirely incomprehensible.

Children?—that would be the most desperate experiment of all. The most desperate, and perhaps the only one having any chance of being successful.

The first condition of success in magick is purity of purpose.

The proper formation and consecration of the Eucharist requires careful attention. The Objects of the Working must be chosen systematically. My own Record has all the faults of pioneer work: it contains much to avoid. There must be proper tabulation of the Experiments, and strictly scientific observation. Sentimentality, sexual or spiritual, must be sternly suppressed. Compliance with these conventions should assure a success far greater than I have myself attained.

The things that worry the pedestrian worry us not at all; but to control a new element your Yama must be that biological principle of adaptation to the new conditions, adjustment of the faculties to those conditions, and consequent success in those conditions

Perché una soluzione perfetta che non riesco a spiegare alla gente è destinata a fallire.

That's unfortunate. Because most of the great accomplishments of the world have not been made by people who were certain. The accomplishments have come about as a result of people who had doubts. I don't know if this is going to work. I don't know how to solve this problem. And then they work on it. As opposed to, Well, this is the way to solve the problem.

Well, we're all mortal...and the old must make way for the young, otherwise there would be no promotion.

Being simply "better than average" is not good enough. You have to be head and shoulders above the crowd to win a minus-sum game.

There are good trading systems out there, but they have to be monitored and adjusted using individual judgment. You have to stay on the ball—you cannot abdicate responsibility for your success to a mechanical system.

The mental baggage from childhood can prevent you from succeeding in the markets. You have to identify your weaknesses and work to change. Keep a trading diary—write down your reasons for entering and exiting every trade. Look for repetitive patterns of success and failure.

Use limit orders almost exclusively—except when placing stops. Be careful on what tools you spend money: there are no magic solutions. Success cannot be bought, only earned.

Comience a llevar un diario: un registro de todas sus operaciones, con las razones para entrar y salir de éstas. Busque patrones repetitivos de éxito y de fracaso. Aquellos que no pueden recordar el pasado están condenados a repetirlo. El

En realidad, encuentro que el porcentaje de inversores exitosos es mayor entre las mujeres. Como grupo, tienden a ser más disciplinadas y menos arrogantes que los hombres.

She had not made a lot of money, but she had not made a loss, and she had been happy and entertained. That counted for infinitely more than a vigorously healthy balance sheet. In fact, she thought, annual accounts should include an item specifically headed Happiness, alongside expenses and receipts and the like.

That young man will go far, she said. I don't know in what direction, but he will go far.