You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, read more
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to
themselves the right to decide as to the final result.
[Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non
obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi
vindicant potestates.]
Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
read more
Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
That no success attends on spears and swords
Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while read more
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
