The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art read more

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat read more

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to read more

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it.

'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him read more

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.