Everybody’s a self-made man;
but only the successful ones
are willing to admit it.
Everybody’s a self-made man;
but only the successful ones
are willing to admit it.
The first and most important
step toward success
is the feeling that we can succeed.
If one advances confidently
in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life
which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours.
Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful.
Success is the prize
for those who stand true to their ideas!
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Success in highest and noblest form
calls for peace of mind
and enjoyment and happiness
which comes only to the man
who has found the work he likes best.
The best way to succeed in life
is to act on the advice we give to others.
Success is a journey, not a destination;
half the fun is getting there.
Success is not the result
of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
The real measure of your wealth
is how much you’d be worth
if you lost all your money.
Fall seven times,
stand up eight.
The most important lesson
you can learn from winning
is that you can.
When I was young,
I observed that nine out of ten
things I did were failures.
So I did ten times more work.
The difference between
a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack of will.
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and to endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
If you hear a voice within you
say “you cannot paint,”
then by all means paint,
and that voice will be silenced.
All you need in this life
is ignorance and confidence;
then success is sure.
There are two rules for success…
1) Never tell everything you know.
Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
— It’s when things go wrong
that you must not quit.
Try not to become a man of success.
Rather become a man of value.
Success seems to be largely a matter
of hanging on after others have let go.
It is wise to keep in mind
that no success or failure
is necessarily final.
Don’t aim for success if you want it;
just do what you love and believe in,
and it will come naturally.
Each time you are honest
and conduct yourself with honesty,
a success force will drive you
toward greater success.
Each time you lie, even with a little white lie,
there are strong forces
pushing you toward failure.
No one can possibly achieve
any real and lasting success
or “get rich” in business
by being a conformist.
Focus 90% of your time on solutions
and only 10% of your time on problems.
The surest hindrance of success
is to have too high a standard
of refinement in our own minds,
or too high an opinion
of the judgment of the public.
He who is determined not to be satisfied
with anything short of perfection
will never do anything
to please himself or others.
Studies indicate that the one quality
all successful people have is persistence.
They’re willing to spend more time
accomplishing a task
and to perservere in the face
of many difficult odds.
There’s a very positive relationship
between people’s ability
to accomplish any task
and the time they’re willing
to spend on it.