Secret To Success Quotes - Page 4

• The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

  Herodotus

  Envy, Secret, Absence

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• The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you.

  C. E. M. Joad

  Writing, Successful, Secret

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• The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want

  Sam Walton

  Successful, Giving, Secret

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.221, Bantam

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• The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

  Chris Gardner

  Waiting, Secret, Sun

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• The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Hard Work, Long

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• To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

  Anna Pavlova

  Lying, Accomplishment, Words Of Wisdom

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• If you want to sell 'em fish, sell 'em big fish. That's the secret to success.

  Jack Solomons

  Business, Work, Secret

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• The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.

  Waite Hoyt

  Baseball, Jobs, Lying

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• The secret of successfully giving yourself away lies not so much in calculated actions as in cultivating friendly, warm-hearted impulses. You have to train yourself to obey giving impulses on the instant -- before they get a chance to cool. When you give impulsively, something happens inside of you that makes you glow, sometimes for hours.

  David Dunn

  Lying, Giving, Secret

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• The secret of successful fiction is a continual slight novelty.

  Edmund Gosse

  Successful, Secret, Fiction

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• Here is the great secret of success. Work with all your might; but trust not in the least in your work. Pray with all your might for the blessing of God; but work, at the same time, with all diligence, with all patience, with all perseverance. Pray then, and work. Work and pray. And still again pray, and then work. And so on all the days of your life. The result will surely be, abundant blessing. Whether you see much fruit or little fruit, such kind of service will be blessed.

  George Muller

  Perseverance, Blessed, Blessing

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• The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Persistence, Secret, Conviction

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• The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want. And really, if you think about it from the point of view of the customer, you want everything: a wide assortment of good quality merchandise; the lowest possible prices; guaranteed satisfaction with what you buy; friendly, knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant shopping experience.

  Sam Walton

  Successful, Thinking, Views

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• The Charge will change your life. Our brains are hard wired to meet specific human drives, and learning to harness and activate those drives is the secret to success and happiness. This is a smart and beautifully written book, and it will electrify your life. Get this book!

  Daniel Amen

  Smart, Book, Secret

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• The secret to success in business, and in life, is to serve others. Put others first in all you do.

  Kevin Stirtz

  Secret, Business Success, Firsts

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• I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

  James Gunn

  Moving, Writing, Successful

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• One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.

  Chris Gardner

  Success, Business, Block

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• Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'

  Joey Adams

  Success, Congratulations, Oil

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• Item one: the law of the will. We just talked about this: one should only do that which truly fills our hearts with enthusiasm. If we brush this aside, if we put off the moment to live that which we dream of, we lose the energy necessary for any important transformation in our lives. Someone once put this most succinctly: “I don’t know the secret of success - but the secret of failure is to always try to follow the will of others.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Heart, Law

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.16, Booklassic

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• I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: "Work hard and you'll get ahead" or "It's hard work that got us where we are." No one ever said that you could work hard - harder even than you ever thought possible - and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Hard Work, Secret, Finding Yourself

  "Nickel and Dimed". Book by Barbara Ehrenreich, progressive.org. January 1, 2010.

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• The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

  John Christopher

  Lying, Secret, Battle

  John Christopher (2013). “When the Tripods Came”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.

  Bill Watterson

  Secret, Figures, Tricks

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• If you don’t know your purpose, discover it, now. The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and minimize distractions and detours.

  David Deida

  Integrity, Careers, Discipline

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• What if the Secret to Success is Failure?.

  Paul Tough

  What If, Secret, Ifs

  Paul Tough (2012). “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sometimes bringing out your inner best is the secret of success.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Secret

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