Quotes About Success

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.

The joyous cries he heard over the wall were all the reward he needed for a job well done and he smiled as he heard them.

True friends always place a higher value on the life, success and dignity of humanity.

Friendship with children empowers them to succeed.

Every successful marriage needs friendship to work effectively; without it, it will become hell on earth.

It's not automatic to have a successful friendship in marriage; it's decisive and intentional.

There is no great success and outstanding achievement on earth without the input of friendship.

Some day we will try To do as many things as are possible And perhaps we shall succeed at a handful Of them, but this will not have anything To do with what is promised today, our Landscape sweeping out from us to disappear On the horizon.

What do you read? I read what friends tell me is good. This explains the book's success, partially. It got very good reviews. Good reviews will get you a readership right away, but that's it. The review or the article appears one day in a magazine or a newspaper, then it's gone. Word of mouth is a continuing phenomenon, much more powerful.

It ain't braggin' if y'really done it.

Not unlike Saul, many leaders in our homes, corporations, and churches are more concerned with their goals than with their offspring. Because of this attitude, these leaders view God's people as resources to serve their vision instead of seeing the vision as the vehicle to serve the people. The success of the vision justifies the cost of wounded lives and shattered people. Justice, mercy, integrity, and love are compromised for success. Decisions are based on money, numbers, and results.

Teach us to make the most of our time … and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! —Psalm 90:12, 17 NLT

Sin easily hides where there is no heat of trials and afflictions. In times of prosperity and success, even a wicked man will seem kind and generous. Under the heat of trials, however, the impurities surface.

justifies the cost of wounded lives and shattered people. Justice, mercy, integrity, and love are compromised for success. Decisions are based on money, numbers, and results.

The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do" (Deuteronomy 30:9 NLT). Notice the word everything, not some things!

Trying harder doesn't always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up.

Success is different at different stages of development—from not wetting your pants in infancy, to being well liked in childhood and adolescence, to getting laid in young adulthood, to making money and having prestige in later adulthood, to getting laid in middle age, to being well liked in old age, to not wetting your pants in senility." What's

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds,"Yes, but I have something he will never have — enough.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date. World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker said it all when he remarked, I can give you a six-word formula for success: Thnk things through-then follow through.

sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner's game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser's game.

Gunning for average is your best shot at finishing above average.

The idea that a bell rings to signal when investors should get into or out of the market is simply not credible. After nearly 50 years in this business, I do not know of anybody who has done it successfully and consistently. I don't even know anybody who knows anybody who has done it successfully and consistently.