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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.
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is read more
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the read more
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by read more
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung read more
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
'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.
Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now.
Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now.
