Quotes About Success

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

How many 'coming men' has one known? Where on earth do they all go to?

The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.

Back of every achievement is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

Behind an able man there are always other able men.

"Good enough never is" has become the motto of this company.

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.

God hasn't called me to be successful. He's called me to be faithful.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve things, as revenge. To show that I could.

Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.

In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth.

I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.

When business is good it pays to advertise; when business is bad you've got to advertise.

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."

The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.

One trouble with growing older is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure who didn't amount to much when he was your age.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes.

Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.