Quotes About Success

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes.

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only to set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.

Remember the proverb of Solomon: "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

People have got to do as Cromwell said: "not only trust in Providence, but keep the powder dry." Do your part of the work, or you cannot succeed. Mahomet, one night, while encamping in the desert, overheard one of his fatigued followers remark: "I will loose my camel, and trust it to God!" "No, no, not so," said the prophet, "tie thy camel, and trust it to God!" Do all you can for yourselves, and then trust to Providence

Give a boy twenty thousand dollars and put him in business, and the chances are that he will lose every dollar of it before he is a year older. Like buying a ticket in the lottery; and drawing a prize, it is "easy come, easy go." He does not know the value of it; nothing is worth anything, unless it costs effort. Without self-denial and economy; patience and perseverance, and commencing with capital which you have not earned, you are not sure to succeed in accumulating.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Amenability and profitability are totally and inextricably linked. Take

I once asked her if she was happy. "That depends on what I am able to get done today," she said, laughing.

I once asked her if she was happy. "That depends on what I am able to get done

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

A man will strategically organize his life in boxes and then spend most of his time in the boxes he can succeed in.

Create a story of which you will be proud.

Psychologists agree that when we view disorganized traits in a positive light and when such traits are nurtured as a special gift, children often grow into high-achieving adults.

I've learned that if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. An that sometimes there is no failure, just opportunity.

You didn't act like you were afraid. - No? Well, just watch. Come February, I'll be up for an Oscar.

Get over your fear of finishing. Being able to complete tasks doesn't just matter in kindergarten; it's a key skill for grown-ups.

you were thirty, you were a failure," she told the audience. "And now a lot of young women think that if they aren't seriously successful before thirty, they're a failure. So I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after thirty—and forty, and fifty, and sixty, and seventy-seven! Believe me, life is one long surprise. And you can't plan it, but you can prepare.

If you're successful, you'll have friends who are with you for the moment. They are there because you can afford to be in the room and because you're the big deal of the moment. And when you're not the big deal of the moment, you'll look around the room and see the only people who truly care about and support you. These are the important people to remember.

Only the Brave succeed in life.

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As Keynes wrote, with devastating understatement, 'The age of economic internationalism was not particularly successful in avoiding war.

And just as a single victory can redeem many a defeat, so a single defeat can devalue or even eradicate a long string of successes.

E, d'altra parte, così come una sola vittoria può riscattarci da molte sconfitte, è pur vero che una sola sconfitta deprezza, se non cancella del tutto, anche una lunghissima serie di successi.