There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It appears that most persons who have achieved fame and success in the world of ideas are cynical about formal education. These people are a select few, who often achieved success in spite of their education, or even without it. As has been said, the clever largely educate themselves, those less able aren't sufficiently clever or imaginative to benefit much from education.
I actually think being an entrepreneur is a state of mind. If you're going to be an entrepreneur, my thesis is that you have to sacrifice everything for some period in your life to be successful. You have to be myopic and completely focused and unbalanced in every way. Once you've achieved success, you're free to do whatever you like.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
What constitutes success? She who has achieved success has lived well; laughed often and loved much; has gained the respect of little children; has filled her niche and accomplished her task; has left the world better than she found it; has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had.
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable and safe roads there’d have been no Disneyland; without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
The more difficult question for me is, do you remain successful for what you had done? I don't know. I think success is in your own eyes. But, I don't really want to ever feel like I've achieved success. Because then I'd be spoiled. I want to feel like I need to keep doing more. Maybe I get "content," "settled," and "success" confused. I never want to settle, but I would love to be content.
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