If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more

If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.

Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
As, read more

Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
As, God be thanked! I do not.

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index read more

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, read more

One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you dont feel like doing it.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.