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Quotes About Success

The aim of a ship's captain is a successful voyage; a doctor's, health; a general's, victory. So the aim of our ideal statesman is the citizens' happy life--that is, a life secure in wealth, rich in resources, abundant in renown, and honorable in its moral character. That is the task which I wish him to accomplish--the greatest and best that any man can have.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
If I could give the young people ... but one word of advice, it would be this - 'Believe in yourself with all your might'. That is, believe that your destiny is inside you, that there is a power within you which if awakened, aroused, developed and matched with honest effort, will not only make a noble man or woman of you, but will also make you successful and happy.
~ Marden Orison Swett
No matter how many obstacles may block your path, or how dark the way, if you look up, think up, and struggle up, you can't help succeeding. Whatever you do for a living, whatever fortune or misfortune, hold the victorious attitude and push ahead.
~ Marden Orison Swett
It is a great thing to so carry yourself that when people see you coning, they will say to themselves, 'Here comes a winner! Here is a man who dominates everything he touches.
~ Marden Orison Swett
Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame if did not.
~ Margaret Atwood
Human beings- I've observed- are hot-wired for score keeping, and since they like to win, they're always going one better than the other fellow.
~ Margaret Atwood
It's good to have small goals that can be easily attained.
~ Margaret Atwood
Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.
~ Margaret Atwood
No. It's the newly conscious young I mean, the ones with ambition and fresh diffidence, those who've learned the hard way that reach exceeds grasp nine times out of ten. How disappointed they are! And if and when they succeed for the first time, how anxious it makes them! They develop insomnia, or claustrophobia, or bulimia, or fear of heights. Now they will have to live up to themselves. Bummer.
~ Margaret Atwood
Lucky in work, unlucky in love.
~ Margaret Drabble
the road to success is littered with mistakes, it matters more to build trust and encourage ambition than to reward obedience. At
~ Margaret Heffernan
En 1903, el respetable funcionario Erskine Childers escribió su única novela, una historia apasionante de espionaje y aventuras, en la que advertía a sus conciudadanos sobre los peligros de una invasión alemana. El enigma de las arenas fue un éxito inmediato, y aún se reedita.
~ Margaret MacMillan
potential moneymaker. So yes
~ Margaret Maron
I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.
~ Margaret Mead
All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin in any society. The mere fact that you have succeed to run the mill is an insult to everyman who hasn't succeed.
~ Margaret Mitchell
desear y conseguir eran dos cosas distintas. La vida no le había enseñado que correr no siempre significa alcanzar.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Always providing you have enough courage—or money—you can do without a reputation.
~ Margaret Mitchell
All you've done is to be different from other women and you've made a little success at it. As I've told you before, that is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned! Scarlett, the mere fact that you've made a success of your mill is an insult to every man who hasn't succeeded. Remember, a well-bred female's place is in the home and she should know nothing about this busy, brutal world.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Ten million new millionaires will be created by 2016, and you can become one of them - especiall y if you are in direct selling, technology or home-based business.
~ Paul Zane Pilzer
I want Wipro to be among the top ten IT companies in the world.
~ Azim Premji
The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success.
~ Robert Benchley
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
~ Aaron Swartz
Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.
~ Charles Fillmore
What you earn depends on what you learn.
~ William J. Clinton