Quotes About Success

A small victory, he thought, but sweet.

We have won a battle, not a war

Yet the higher a man climbs the further he has to fall.

He was not born wealthy. In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

If it were easy all men would do it.

the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

If you want to lead, learn how to follow.

At the least, they will say … this last thing … this I did right. You won't fail me. You'll rule now. You'll hate it, worse than I did … but you'll do well.

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a

Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.

Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

Pressure makes diamonds

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

I don't fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, 'Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

There are apparently two types of successful soldiers. Those who get on by being unobtrusive and those who get on by being obtrusive. I am of the latter type and seem to be rare and unpopular: but it is my method. One has to choose a system and stick to it; people who are not themselves are nobody.