Quotes About Success

'Tis a common proof,That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;But when he once attains the upmost round,He then unto the ladder turns his back,Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degreesBy which he did ascend.

We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running.

I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.

Didst thou never hearThat things ill got had ever bad success?

O! when degree is shaked,Which is the ladder to all high designs,The enterprise is sick.

All's well if all ends well.

I may justly say with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, "I came, saw, and overcame."

All's well that ends well: still the fine's the crown;Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.

What you doStill betters what is done.

Thou art not for the fashion of these times,Where none will sweat but for promotion.

Bait the hook well: this fish will bite.

They laugh that win.

A hit, a very palpable hit.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

Some are born great, others achieve greatness.

The force of his own merit makes his way.

Every way makes my gain.

Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Any success I have had began by my showing up on time, being prepared, and doing the best possible job. There is a lot to be said for that. That isn't wisdom; that's common sense.

Let all the learned say what they can,'Tis ready money makes the man.

Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a revery of long days and nights; destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in men shaken.

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything — and it works.

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works.